Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > > People who believe that there is a problem use a wrong interpretation of > > the > > GPL. The CDDL definitely does not prevent combinations with other software. > > The problem is not with CDDL, the problem is with the GPL. > > ZFS in the kernel requires that ZFS as shipped be relicensed as GPL, it > forms a derivative work of the kernel. No external license can change > the terms of the GPL.
The law can! The GPL is in conflict with the law and therefore the parts you have in mind are just void. BTW: I am still waiting for a legally acceptable explanation on why the GPL should be compatible to the BSD license. Note that the BSD license is very liberal, but it definitely does not permit to relicense code that was published under the BSD license withour written permission of the Copyright holder. So is the problem just a social problem given the fact that Linux comes with BSD licensed parts? Jörg -- EMail:[email protected] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [email protected] (uni) [email protected] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily
