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It's a little unfair to blame it on GPL. If ZFS was MIT/BSD/etc licensed, it could be brought into the Linux repository just fine. CDDL explicitly doesn't let t
by yencabulator 3y ago
It's a little unfair to blame it on GPL. If ZFS was MIT/BSD/etc licensed, it could be brought into the Linux repository just fine. CDDL explicitly doesn't let that happen, by saying "Source Code form must be distributed only under the terms of this License". That only is harsh.
- slikrick 3y agoif the kernel was MIT/BSD/etc licensed ZFS would be allowed in the kernel just fine too. but only one of the licenses is infectious and requires things of the other sources. it's definitely a GPL issue more than a CDDL issue
- yencabulator 3y agoGPL predates CDDL; CDDL authors were well aware of GPL; CDDL authors chose to make the license different from existing commonly-used open source licenses. Ask why...