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As I get it, ZFS core (as necessary for GRUB to read the filesystem) is available under GPL. While not enough, this could've been a starting point. However, th
by drdaeman 13y ago
As I get it, ZFS core (as necessary for GRUB to read the filesystem) is available under GPL. While not enough, this could've been a starting point.
However, the main issue is ZFS is also patent encumbered, so re-implementing (even with clean-room approach) it may mean meeting with Oracle's lawyers.
That's sad, considering btrfs still suffers from internal fragmentation issue, as Edward Shishkin had shown in 2010.
- rodgerd 13y ago> That's sad, considering btrfs still suffers from internal fragmentation issue, as Edward Shishkin had shown in 2010. True, but there's no shortage of pain points in ZFS. Mixing 512 byte and 4K drives or growing/shrinking pools are good starting points.