Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:42:40 -0700 From: Darren Reed <darrenr@freebsd.org> To: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> Cc: Olivier Warin <daffy@xview.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dtrace port status Message-ID: <46F367E0.4000300@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070920203413.GA13737@what-creek.com> References: <6385B28C-01D1-459A-9543-E36C89C7F36E@xview.net> <20070920203413.GA13737@what-creek.com>
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John Birrell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:34:19PM +0200, Olivier Warin wrote: > > I recently wanted to give dtrace on FreeBSD a try but found this > > project to be stopped due to a licensing issue. > > Will we see dtrace in the base just like zfs anytime (hopefully) soon ? > > I'm am currently trying to find a way around the licensing issues. > Sun is no help at all. The patent clauses in their CDDL are a big deal. > They claim that they don't want to sue anyone over patents, but > when push comes to shove they actually will. Refer to the Netapp > lawsuits. > > ... > DTrace consists mainly of kernel modules, however in order for DTrace > to inspect the kernel internals it has to have some code inside > existing BSD licensed files. > This should not be a problem. Code added to BSD licensed files should be BSD licensed. Darren
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