On 28/08/2013 12:58, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-08-27 5:06 PM, Joerg Schilling > <[email protected]> wrote: >> You wrote that modules become derivatives of the Linux kernel and this >> is the >> same as writing ZFS would become a kernel derivative. > > Just for clarification, I was talking about compiling ZFS support INTO > the kernel, not running it as a module. > > Do you claim that support for compiling ZFS directly into the kernel > also does not violate the license? >
Whether the code is compile in or a module makes no difference wrt licenses as far as I know. There's no limitation on *running* the code, you can fetch and patch and edit and compile and run all you want and have it on as many of your (or the company's) machines as you want - neither license interferes with your right to do that. You may not redistribute the code though. A common misconception with these license is that they have something to do with whether you may run the code or not. That is incorrect. Free licenses are all about redistribution and your obligations about sharing when you hand the code over to others. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
