ZFS licensing question

Patrick Proniewski patpro at patpro.net
Wed Oct 28 17:45:27 UTC 2009


On 28 oct. 2009, at 17:30, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> Patrick Proniewski wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Well, I understand this list is mainly interested in implementation  
>> and tuning, but I'm sure some of you are well informed about  
>> licensing issues.
>> Recently, Apple giving up on ZFS has made the headlines. *It  
>> appears* to be related to the NetApp vs. Sun case (<http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-releases/news_rel_20070905.html 
>> >). And *it appears* Sun tried to impose a license that would make  
>> Apple responsible for IP infringement in case Sun would lose  
>> against NetApp.
>> It makes me wonder about the FreeBSD port of ZFS. Do you have  
>> further informations about the licensing of ZFS technology, and  
>> about the case of FreeBSD port ?
>
> I don't think anyone from FreeBSD has additional details to  
> contribute about Apple's decision, and as far as we're aware nothing  
> has changed with respect to ZFS licensing.

Well, I think some people are working for Apple and FreeBSD ;)
May be I should have made my point clearer. My concern is: do you  
think this kind of problem can impact FreeBSD too. Unfortunately, I'm  
not familiar with licenses subtleties and I'm not a lawyer...

regards,
patpro


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