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Date:      Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:01:56 -0700
From:      Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>
Cc:        Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel
Message-ID:  <4620FAF4.2020508@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net>
References:  <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net>

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Brett Glass wrote:
> There is a huge problem in that the CDDL is "viral." It "infects"
> products with which it is combined.

This is why zfs isn't part of GENERIC.  We've distributed tainted
kernel modules for a long time, and there's nothing wrong with that
-- GPL/CDDL taint doesn't cross dynamic linking.

Colin Percival



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