So it sounds like they are okay with binary kernel modules, just not built-in to the base kernel. FreeBSD manages to do ZFS as a kernel module (plus another mod

So it sounds like they are okay with binary kernel modules, just not built-in to the base kernel. FreeBSD manages to do ZFS as a kernel module (plus another module for Open Solaris abstractions) quite successfully. Although it has somewhat of an ugly ZFS-on-root shim loader for booting from a ZFS partition, it does certainly get the job done. Here's hoping Debian can develop something similar so that users can create and boot from a ZFS partition during their installer. > CCDL is an Open Source License that is DFSG compliant I don't mean to nitpick, but if you're going to discuss the legalities of a license, at least spell it correctly. It's not CCDL, it's CDDL, or Common Development and Distribution License.