On Aug 17, 2010, at 5:44 AM, joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
> Frank Cusack <frank+lists/z...@linetwo.net> wrote: > >> On 8/16/10 9:57 AM -0400 Ross Walker wrote: >>> No, the only real issue is the license and I highly doubt Oracle will >>> re-release ZFS under GPL to dilute it's competitive advantage. >> >> You're saying Oracle wants to keep zfs out of Linux? > > In order to get zfs into Linux, you don't need to change the license for ZFS > but the mind of the Linux folks. I'm afraid you will have better luck catching a moon beam in your hands then convincing the likes of RS. I'd bet even Charlie Manson would say, dude that guy is crazy. And there lies the problem, you need the agreement of all copyright holders in a GPL project to change it's licensing terms and some just will not budge. -Ross _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
