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> I recall there always was a secondary backdrop of concerns with the ZFS license From one of the co-creators of ZFS: > Apple can currently just take the
by throw0101b 4y ago
> I recall there always was a secondary backdrop of concerns with the ZFS license
From one of the co-creators of ZFS:
> Apple can currently just take the ZFS CDDL code and incorporate it
> (like they did with DTrace), but it may be that they wanted a "private
> license" from Sun (with appropriate technical support and
> indemnification), and the two entities couldn't come to mutually
> agreeable terms.
I cannot disclose details, but that is the essence of it.
* https://web.archive.org/web/20121221111757/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-October/033125.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121221111757/http://mail.opens...
* https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/10/apple-abandons-zfs-on-mac-os-x-project-over-licensing-issues/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/10/apple-abandons-zfs-o...
- InTheArena 4y agoThats what the engineers say. What the lawyers say is different. What the business folks who control the license say was very different. FUD and an unforeseen lawsuit hanging over your head at some random point in the future when Sun or Oracle needs a revenue lift at an end of a quarter is a recipe for ulcers.
- throw0101b 4y ago> Thats what the engineers say. Bonwick was the Sun Storage CTO and after the acquisition a vice president at Oracle.
- flomo 4y agoNot unforeseen nor FUD. There was a very real patent lawsuit between NetApp and Sun/Oracle related to ZFS. https://www.theregister.com/2010/09/09/oracle_netapp_zfs_dismiss/ https://www.theregister.com/2010/09/09/oracle_netapp_zfs_dis...