On 30/08/2013 16:29, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-08-28 7:12 AM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. > > So, can you answer me this... > > Why would there be a problem if someone decided to create a 3rd party > overlay *not* part of the official gentoo portage tree that contained > *only* the zfs stuff, and when this overlay was installed combined with > a zfs keyword for the kernel, portage would then pull in the required > files, and automagically build a kernel with an up to date version of > zfs properly and fully integrated? > > Would this not work, *and* have no problems with licensing? >
there is no problem with licensing in that case. The ebuild could even go in the portage tree, as Gentoo is not redistributing sources when it publishes an ebuild. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
