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

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:50:54 +0200
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
To:	"Fred ." <eldmannen@...il.com>
Cc:	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please add ZFS support (from GPL sources)

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:40 -0300, Kevin Winchester wrote:
[....]
> > But it may be covered by patents by Sun. So maybe not allowed make an
> > implementation. :(
> > Maybe you should consult SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center) first or something.

Since basically *you* wanted that feature in the first place (and for
whatever reason do not even start to work on it), I would have assumed
that *you* already checked out all implications - especially the legal
ones.
So which patents may be relevant IYHO?

	Bernd
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