Re: State of ZFS in 9.0_BETA

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 17:19, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
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> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 06:17:50PM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 16:46:46 +0200, Marc Baudoin wrote:
> > > ZFS has been updated for 9.0_BETA.
> >
> > On the same topic, is there a perspective for
> >
> > file-system ZFS             # Solaris ZFS
> >
> > (i.e. a monolithic, non-module kernel)?
>
> I think this is not possible due to licensing issues.

IANAL, but as far as I understand it, nothing in the CDDL licence
precludes the static inclusion of ZFS into the NetBSD kernel.

If someone develops a product on the basis of the NetBSD kernel AND
this product includes modifications of the CDDL-licensed parts of the
kernel THEN he will be obliged to publish the source code of only the
files under CDDL (a file-based license) which have been modified. So
it introduces an element of obligation above and beyond one expects to
have when using a BSD-licensed software, but does not taint the rest
of the system in any way.

I personally don't see a problem in having GENERIC+ZFS kernel
configuration, if this were technically feasible. But, e.g., if a
commercial entity decides to produce a SAN appliance based on NetBSD
and using ZFS, and if any CDDL-licensed files have been modified,
their source code will have to be produced.

https://web.archive.org/web/20091006181308/http://opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/#CDDL-combo

>
> Martin


Chavdar
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