Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel

[Philipp Wuensche]

Brett Glass wrote:
> I just read with some concern the announcement that Sun's ZFS has been
> integrated into the FreeBSD kernel. This would mean, unfortunately, that
> FreeBSD is now covered by the CDDL, which is a viral license similar to
> the GPL. Has FreeBSD abandoned its longstanding practice of keeping the
> kernel truly free?

Maybe this blog entry brings some light:
http://blogs.sun.com/chandan/entry/copyrights_licenses_and_cddl_illustrated

I don't see a problem. If you use CDDL licensed stuff like ZFS, you need
to provide the source, thats it.

greetigns,
philipp