From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OlorL-0004m0-M3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:03:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABB81E086E; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay03-haj2.antispameurope.com (relay03-haj2.antispameurope.com [83.246.65.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D037E0875 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by relay03-haj2.antispameurope.com (ASE-Secure-MTA, from userid 1000) id BEAD963C179; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:03:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pluto.fokus.fraunhofer.de (pluto.fokus.fraunhofer.de [195.37.77.164]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay03-haj2.antispameurope.com (ASE-Secure-MTA) with ESMTP id E89FA63C097 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:03:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from EXCHSRV.fokus.fraunhofer.de (bohr.fokus.fraunhofer.de [10.147.9.231]) by pluto.fokus.fraunhofer.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o7IK3Gls006109 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:03:16 +0200 (MEST) Received: from rigel ([10.147.65.195]) by EXCHSRV.fokus.fraunhofer.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:03:15 +0200 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:03:12 +0200 From: Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to build a time machine on Gentoo Message-ID: <4c6c3c80.1eERdACm8QDBQOY+%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <4C6C2850.2040007@gmail.com> <4c6c2b40.blKUSwt9m/Tv9V/r%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <201008182129.18784.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201008182129.18784.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> User-Agent: nail 11.22 3/20/05 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Aug 2010 20:03:15.0730 (UTC) FILETIME=[6508E720:01CB3F10] Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 38987b25-a22d-489f-8542-d117a56982f0 X-Archives-Hash: 00da704d40748c9d599360f59b997611 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ZFS has a very free license. This was the reason, why it could be por= ted to > > the BSDs. So why do you believe there is a "license hurdle"? > > You appear to not fully understand the licenses. Well, I of course fully understand the licenses. It may however be that y= ou=20 are missinformed because you have been listening to the wrong people.=20 > Remember that the Linux kernel is GPL-2 and it's modules are considered= =20 > derivative works. The GPL-2 license demands that all derivative works b= e=20 > either GPL-2 licensed or 100% compatible with the GPL-2. This is a claim that in conflict with the US copyright law. Check out: http://www.osscc.net/en/gpl.html There are verious statements from various lawyers that explain this and e= ven=20 give evidence for their claims. The GPL tries to redefine the definition for the term "derivative work" b= ut this=20 is forbidden by US Copyright law title 17 section 106. See my other posti= ng for=20 more information. > ZFS is licensed CCDL which although free and liberal, is not GPL-2 comp= atible.=20 > It is BSD-compatible which is why the BSDs can (and some do) ship it. > > The ZFS license is thus not a mere hurdle, it is an un-overcomeable bar= rier in=20 The only hurdle is in the brain of some Linux developers. I know of not a single lawyer that could claim such incompatibility and g= ives=20 evidence for his statements. J=F6rg --=20 EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) J=F6rg Schilling D-13353 = Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) =20 joerg.schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blo= gspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schil= y