Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:04:28 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel Message-ID: <20070414050428.GA80273@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net>
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On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 07:21:41PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I just read with some concern the announcement that Sun's ZFS has > been integrated into the FreeBSD kernel. This would mean, > unfortunately, that FreeBSD is now covered by the CDDL, which is a > viral license similar to the GPL. Has FreeBSD abandoned its > longstanding practice of keeping the kernel truly free? It is not compiled in by default - for license reasons. In this respect it is no different than the GPL-licensed kernel components which are also not compiled in by default. To use either you will have to either compile a custom kernel, or load the component as a module. I.e. the FreeBSD kernel is still just as free as it has always been. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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