Re: [Trisquel-users] ZFS now available in Debian. Maybe its time to stop fighting it?

[tegskywalker]

ZFS, as it is currently shipping in Ubuntu, opens it up to controversy since  
it is an enabled kernel module that Canonical ships with each kernel update.  
There is also another method of getting ZFS by manually installing the  
packages which more people are comfortable with like how Debian is doing it  
by compiling from source and creating a DKMS module.

The Trisquel team's goal is to remove anything ZFS related from the  
repositories, so you don't have the option to install the free software  
without resorting to 3rd party repositories or PPAs. The majority of users  
who want ZFS aren't probably going to use Trisquel (or even be aware of it),  
so its not THAT bad, but the Trisquel team is unwilling to compromise with  
anything related to ZFS due to stigma and fear of agitating the strict  
political atmosphere of the FSF.