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I don't think ZFS has patent issues, I think the issue is that it has a BSD-like license, and it's too free for the linux people. BTRFS just isn't good enough.
by earenndil 9y ago
I don't think ZFS has patent issues, I think the issue is that it has a BSD-like license, and it's too free for the linux people. BTRFS just isn't good enough. I'm waiting for bcachefs.
- saurik 9y agoI don't know where you got that impression, but it is not at all accurate: the issue is that ZFS is licensed under the CDDLv1, which some key players (but clearly not all; it is not even clear if it is a majority, but I don't know if the people claiming it isn't are motivated to do so) believe to be incompatible with the GPLv2. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/18/zfs-licensing-and-linux/ https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/18/zfs-licensing-and-lin... vs. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/