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

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Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:02:20 +0530
From:	Manoj Joseph <manoj@...sterfs.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea

Alan Cox wrote:
>> Please do see:
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/#patents
> 
> 
> Which appears to agree with everything I said not what you are claiming.
> 
> The patent license is strictly tied to their implementation and its
> derivatives under the CDDL, so specifically acts to exclude Linux.

I thought you said "incompatible with other OS products". I believe 
there are other OS products it is quite compatible with. The ports of 
ZFS seem to confirm this.

That it is compatible with the Linux kernel was not what I was arguing. :)

-Manoj

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