KDTRACE is gone?

[Stanislaw Halik]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006, John Birrell wrote:
>> Which restrictions do you see preventing the distribution of a 
>> DTRACE-enabled GENERIC kernel binary?  I would refer you to sections 
>> 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of the license[1], which state:

>> - the CDDL is mandatory on the source code distribution;
>> - the original copyright notice for the original work must be displayed;
>> - binary distributions of CDDL-licensed software may be relicensed;

>> The requirement for the last is that the new license not conflict with 
>> the CDDL.  The CDDL doesn't otherwise restrict use, modification or 
>> distribution and includes the ability to sublicense the original code as 
>> well as and derived works.

>> Someone please point out the conflict.  I don't see one.

> FreeBSD's policy is to ship a GENERIC kernel which is entirely BSD
> licensed. Kernel modules and other kernel options can include other
> licenses, but the options enabled in GENERIC must be BSD licensed.

Why isn't importing it as a non-default option acceptable? I believe a
lot of users would be happy to include it in their custom kernels.