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> "Linux will ignore the best implementation of a thing because we/they don't like the license." > That's a choice, not a law of the universe. It's perhaps al
by thayne 5y ago
> "Linux will ignore the best implementation of a thing because we/they don't like the license."
> That's a choice, not a law of the universe. It's perhaps also a canonical example of spite-induced nose cutting
It isn't because they don't like the license. The licenses of linux and zfs are incompatible, so zfs is out of tree and that leads to technical problems. No, it isn't a law of the universe, but it is the law of the United States at least, and probably many other countries as well.
- 7steps2much 5y agoTo be fair, they kind of did that to themselves with the GPL. BSD for example has no problems whatsoever with including ZFS. > probably many other countries as well Maybe. Enforceability of the GPL outside of the US is flaky, so whether or not this specific case would matter is always up to the courts to decide.
- thayne 5y ago> To be fair, they kind of did that to themselves with the GPL Well at this point, even if they wanted to change the license of Linux, they probably couldn't. Every contributor would have to agree to it, which is unlikely to happen, even if you ignore the logistics of asking everyone.