Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:12:26 +0100 From: "Svein Skogen (Listmail account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS License and Future Message-ID: <4CD58C7A.70609@stillbilde.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikeiEfsT6XtNsCCg4GSN%2B-OLyf-PAyW0ystSVPV@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=EKpVrX2xc7oq%2Bp=RCVtUMUmcVYefj7G20yr-O@mail.gmail.com> <4CD45A11.7060002@stillbilde.net> <20101105213433.GC8648@guilt.hydra> <4CD4D8A9.8030900@too1337.com> <20101106161636.GD12418@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTikeiEfsT6XtNsCCg4GSN%2B-OLyf-PAyW0ystSVPV@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7D5A7389D53775FB53808C18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 06.11.2010 17:44, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wro= te: >=20 >> On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 11:25:13PM -0500, Steven Susbauer wrote: >>> On 11/5/10 4:34 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: >>>> Will Oracle start using patent suits to try to stop people >>>> who aren't paying for ZFS or who are using it on platforms other tha= n >>>> Solaris from using it? >>>> >>>> Whether you think concerns like these will prove reasonable in the l= ong >>>> run, they make a lot more sense than assuming that Alejandro just >> wonders >>>> if the CDDL is "dangerous" somehow. >>>> >>> >>> I would be surprised. Oracle (real Oracle, not Sun) is still the prim= ary >>> developer of btrfs on Linux. They are pretty much going for feature >>> parity with ZFS and want people to actually use it. If they start sui= ng >>> over ZFS patents which are certainly applicable to btrfs, it will hav= e >>> repercussions on that side. >> >> Perhaps. >> >> On the other hand, Oracle could offer some kind of "patent covenant" >> protecting btrfs while going after a ZFS fork as a way of "focing" peo= ple >> to migrate from it to btrfs, as a more hostile way of achieving what >> Microsoft does when it ends support for an older OS to get people to b= uy >> the newer Windows release. >> >> . . . or maybe Oracle will decide it doesn't need the open source >> community's help any longer at some future date, and shut down *both* >> open source filesystem development projects. >> >> Oracle is known to be at least intermittently hostile toward open sour= ce >> software, in ways that are sometimes more frightening than Microsoft's= >> hostility. This is scaring people, and I don't blame them. The >> uncertainty about Oracle's future position on everything it has acquir= ed >> with Sun is something that will need to be tested and observed to see = how >> it shakes out in the next few years; in the meantime, I do not blame >> anyone for being cautious about committing to use of open source softw= are >> under the Oracle umbrella. >> >> -- >> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]= >> >=20 > Chad, what are these attachments to your e-mail? My client keeps flaggi= ng > your mail as questionable and I'm sandboxing it to make sure it's nothi= ng > bad :D I suppose they are the PGP signature? //Svein --=20 --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg =C3=98stli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | svein@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |svein@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE --------+-------------------+------------------------------- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------enig7D5A7389D53775FB53808C18 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzVjH0ACgkQODUnwSLUlKT9ywCgii0OQ9B7Y25Uibf1vOET6c0a CtIAn2WcxH1a36uA2kfxwxMh3mNgUn9H =6MAi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7D5A7389D53775FB53808C18--
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