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I think the problem is more the other way around. Look at all the loopholes the Linux crowd has to do to get ZFS in the kernel. On FreeBSD you can run GPL soft
by wkat4242 3y ago
I think the problem is more the other way around. Look at all the loopholes the Linux crowd has to do to get ZFS in the kernel.
On FreeBSD you can run GPL software without issues. It's all userland anyway. FreeBSD has now separation between kernel and installed software than Linux (where usually if you want rolling userland you must have a rolling kernel too)
- Delk 3y agoZFS is probably the exception. The problems come from OpenZFS being licensed under the CDDL, not a BSD license. There's no problem incorporating BSD-licensed code into GPL-licensed software, though.