Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:06:37 +0200 From: Philipp Wuensche <cryx-freebsd@h3q.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel Message-ID: <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> In-Reply-To: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net>
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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? Maybe this blog entry brings some light: http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/copyrights_licenses_and_cddl_illustrated I don't see a problem. If you use CDDL licensed stuff like ZFS, you need to provide the source, thats it. greetigns, philipp
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