Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:12:15 +0000 | From | Tarkan Erimer <> | Subject | Re: Sun's ZFS and Linux |
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On 11/19/05, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: > That wouldn't be a "port", it would have to be a complete > reimplementation from scratch. And, of course, of further concern > would be whether or not there are any patents that Sun may have filed > covering ZFS. If the patents have only been licensed for CDDL > licensed code, then that won't help a GPL'ed covered reimplementation.
Thanks for the explanation. BTW, I wonder something: Is there any possibility to give GPL an exception to include and/or link to CDDL code?
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