ZFS licensing question

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <168A0140-B91E-4F9E-8088-A69A0E17C56A at spry.com>, Matt Simerson write
s:

>> First, the basics. Sun indemnifies all its customers against IP  
>> claims like this. That is, we've always protected our markets [...]

The quality of the protection hinges on conditions:

	1. Sun has to exist and stand by its word.

	2. Sun must have enough money to do so (see 1.)

None of these have 1.0 probability, but what the actual probability
is, is anyones guess, and you will have to make up your own mind.

Poul-Henning

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