Yeah ZFS is CDDL. I suppose Apple could also have dropped ZFS seeing as Oracle would (rightfully IMO) deprecate it in favor of BTRFS - which is GPL and of course much more friendly than CDDL.
/Casper On Jan 6, 4:07 pm, Ryan Waterer <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong; the reason they pulled zfs was due to patent/ > licensing issues that they were not able to resolve. I'll find links > later if others do not beat me to it. > > Sent remotely > > On Jan 6, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > Spencer Uresk wrote: > >> Is there some value in keeping stuff like this secret that I'm > >> missing, or is this simply a case of a culture of secrecy that has > >> maybe gone a little too far? > > > Given that Apple globally hits my nerves, I think that we have to > > distinguish between two cases: > > > 1. When we're talking about a new product, as the rumored iTablet-or- > > what-else, I find that the secrecy is legitimate. They're probably > > introducing new ideas and technologies and are just protecting their > > work from being copied by competitors; additionally, marketing > > strategies are carefully picked, they are expensive, and can be > > jeopardized by a leak (*). I'd sum up that when they're going to > > release a new product, secrecy is legitimate. > > > 2. Things are completely different when we're talking about > > supporting others' technologies, such as Java 6. There are no news > > here, as everybody knows that would be inside the product, and > > there's just very scarce innovation in Apple's Java editions (I > > mean, for instance there's no specific integration with new > > technologies such as Grand Central, and even the look and feel > > integration is superior in third parties' products, such as Quaqua). > > For a while I tried to find a bit of logic reasoning behind this, > > and I thought that it was bound to the idea of keeping their hands > > free; in other words, they could be working in this moment to Java > > 7, but if they later decide that they don't want to support it they > > don't have to give to people any explanation. I had to change my > > mind after the drop of ZFS from Snow Leopard: they introduced a read > > only version of ZFS in Leopard and even put a full open source > > customized version on their forge; while it lacks many integrations > > with Mac OS X (e.g. the Finder, trashes etc...) at a certain point a > > release started to work pretty well. So it was clear that they were > > working on it - contrast this with the complete secrecy of their > > Java 6 support. Still, when Snow Leopard came out, ZFS was dropped > > and the project on the forge removed all of a sudden. Of course, no > > public communication about the rationale. This means that they think > > they can change their mind at any time even when facts seemed to > > confirm their commitment. So I'd only say that their attitude is > > plain arrogance. They can afford it since most of the business comes > > from fashion industry (iPhone) where sells are guaranteed by masses > > of fanboys. Every corporate get arrogant if it can afford to be. > > > (*) I suspect that some leaks are driven by Apple itself as they > > have a great teasing effect on fanboys. > > > -- > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > > [email protected] > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en > > .
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