linux-kernel - Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:32:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"John Anthony Kazos Jr." <jakj@...-k-j.com>
To:	Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek@...y.mif.pg.gda.pl>
cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	"David R. Litwin" <presently42@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea

> And/or why Linux code licensing can't evolve ? Seems when Linux code was
> licensed noone was thinking about case like interraction with code under
> license like CDDL so why now it can be corrected and still many people try to
> think like "anything arond Linux must evolve .. but not Linux" (?)
> Why this can't be fixes ?

That's not evolution; it's de-evolution. Linux morphing to some sort of 
mentally-damaged pseudo-proprietary licence would be like switching back 
to a feudal society where 50 was considered unbelievably ancient.

I'm sure Linus did think very closely about the interaction of his code 
with proprietary licences. He thought about it, snickered for a few 
moments, and made the right decision.
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