Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:14:07 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea |
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:44:57 +0400 Nikita Danilov <nikita@clusterfs.com> wrote:
> Ignatich writes: > > You might want to look at this discussion: > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2007-April/027041.html > > Licenses involved cover file system _code_, rather than storage format > that is openly specified. Just stand up and implement driver for zfs > format from scratch under whatever license you want. This is exactly how > Linux supports "foreign" file systems (ntfs, fat, etc.).
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