From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 10:48:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E6E4106564A for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:48:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCCD18FC1F for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:48:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so2830400bwz.3 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:48:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rZhcujzKSobobiJ6oOPsa/EgPZNBcVlSWMy6vn02zHI=; b=XYlc1/tiZC5DJ1PEjGr8xd72/py1FozMtM/GeccdCPbIBpXIyxMgIXHWvnA3hbN+gq 5hGr1FA+SaU2F0MqnPSbkAW82RDk5jpVeYhXuckF1E3YARNqnuitQg9f8KU3MLZ95CcN MfXvK0Cc+TIEIjSm4SDtQmv8V5WlWdrMFvk9M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tymxAyjztCTNvib9UVNhzBEQ0JupB0aJXMgWjLZ7Iuaok5t3Md+tQKGK/Tzk2Lstjj PIlsu4A/fJLLMu3ji+pqErjHlX2mtNW+qJrd1AJkL1NDKbjV5Ssy6W2ivToVpTbbA62Y DVgZIaV4PaamXuVkthvJWsX4PbuMysI+rWRTQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.142.17 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:48:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100409174445.GA4359@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20100407173334.GC76941@dan.emsphone.com> <8114C0B7-2288-457C-88D6-E5E3B0CC4E51@mac.com> <20100409174445.GA4359@dan.emsphone.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:48:53 +0100 Received: by 10.239.137.197 with SMTP id m5mr327377hbm.62.1271069333546; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:48:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: Dan Nelson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When will we can use ZFS v24? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:48:56 -0000 On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Apr 08), Garrett Cooper said: >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> > On Apr 8, 2010, at 2:18 PM, krad wrote: >> > [ ... ] >> >>> is that even possible with CDDL? >> >> >> >> im not a lawyer but it wouldn't surprise me >> > >> > I'm not a lawyer either, but I was active in reviewing and suggesting >> > changes to CDDL submission for OSI approval back in 2004. >> > >> > A copyright owner always has the ability to relicense their code under >> > other terms, but existing code is guaranteed to be available, >> > redistributable to others, etc under the terms of the current version = of >> > CDDL; in particular see: >> > >> > If Oracle chooses, they might make future changes to the ZFS source co= de >> > under different or more restrictive licensing terms, but what's >> > available now is always going to be available. >> >> The same of basic principle applies to BDB; originally it was BSD licens= ed >> in 1.x under FreeBSD, then GPLed in 2.x+ (IIRC), then left to pasture in >> 4.x after Oracle acquired Sleepycat DB. =C2=A0MySQL is GPLv2 today... = =C2=A0who >> knows what it might be tomorrow... > > BDB was never GPL'ed; it was and still is BSD-licensed. > > http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/htdocs/osl= icense.html > IANAL, but that is not a BSD license. It is the Sleepycat license, which is compatible with GPL. The giveaway is in section 3: * 3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on * how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any * accompanying software that uses the DB software. The '.. any accompanying software' clause makes it quite like the GPL. Cheers Tom