linux-kernel - Re: Please add ZFS support (from GPL sources)

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:30:24 +0400
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	"Fred ." <eldmannen@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please add ZFS support (from GPL sources)

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:13:55PM +0200, Fred . wrote:
> Previously we have not been able to have ZFS support due to it being
> licensed under the CDDL and the kernel under the GPL.

Wrong. License is the last of your problems.

> Sun have contributed ZFS support to GRUB under the GPL license.

Only read-only.

> We could now use that code to implement support for ZFS in the Linux
> kernel.
> 
> http://blogs.sun.com/darren/entry/zfs_under_gplv2_already_exists

And I have some sketches. Not yet ready to send anywhere.

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