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> Patents were probably a good reason, given the Oracle buyout of Sun There is no reason to speculate as the reason is know (as stated by Jeff Bonwick, one of

> Patents were probably a good reason, given the Oracle buyout of Sun There is no reason to speculate as the reason is know (as stated by Jeff Bonwick, one of the co-inventors 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://archive.is/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-October/033125.html https://archive.is/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs... * https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-October/033125.html https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pi...

dylan604 1y ago
How is it known when the quote you gave says "may be" which implies it's not known and is speculation on their part as well?
- duskwuff 1y ago
  The reply to the "it may be..." message is from a @sun.com email address, and confirms "that is the essence of it". Fixed links for the message and reply: https://web.archive.org/web/20091028/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-October/033112.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091028/http://mail.opensolaris... https://web.archive.org/web/20091028/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-October/033125.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091028/http://mail.opensolaris...
- throw0101c 1y ago
  "I cannot disclose details, but that is the essence of it." — Jeff Bonwick of Sun, co-inventor of ZFS