On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Matt Sealey<[email protected]> wrote: > I do not see how this is such a big "licensing" problem - the CDDL and > GPL-2 are "incompatible" but this just means the verbatim ZFS code will > never be accepted into the *mainline kernel*. Ubuntu has a specific > solution to this - the "ubuntu" directory in the kernel tree, which > holds stuff like compcache (BTW *please* update this to 0.5.3) and > wireless drivers and so on. > > That has not stopped Ubuntu shipping non-free Proprietary drivers > (either licensed under some other license than GPL) and even binary > drivers. > > It astounds me that nobody has even bothered to make a Linux kernel > module that implements ZFS natively, yet everyone who is that concerned > is probably running fglrx or some binary wireless firmware or putting > something through NDISWrapper... or running WINE..
Hm, indeed - the register_filesystem call isn't marked as being for GPL modules only. That said, it's still up to someone to actually make the porting effort, and with btrfs coming along nicely, it's probably not seen as that big of a deal. There's always the option to port it yourself, or hire someone to do so :) -- Add native ZFS to Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
