Can I suggest rather than ask here for ZFS support those who wish to see it included go and lobby Sun for a GPL compatible release of the full code base please ?
As Alan Cox wrote in July when asked if the release of the GRUB code meant ZFS could now be implemented in the kernel: > No we can't. The GPL ZFS bits don't include the various methods that > would violate the patent so there is no grant. I've several times asked > Sun to simply give permission and they don't even answer. I can only read > the Sun motiviation one way - they want to look open but know that ZFS is > about the only thing that might save Solaris as a product in the data > centre so are not truely prepared to let Linus use it. > > This is now further complicated by the fact Sun and NetApp are in > litigation so ZFS is basically "toxic" for the moment and we'd need > permission from both sets of patent holders to proceed. -- 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 ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
