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

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...