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

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Message-ID: <487FA143.9010109@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:45:07 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	"Fred ." <eldmannen@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please add ZFS support (from GPL sources)

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

Linux needs btrfs upstream more than it needs ZFS...

	Jeff



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