Re: ..neat wee litigation trap, was: zfs-fuse or zfsonlinux
On Fri, 11 May 2012 14:32:54 +0100, Jon wrote in message
<[🔎] 20120511133254.GD1319@debian>:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 06:40:53PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > ..it is (at least in theory) possible to crack both GNU/Linux and
> > */kfreeBSD at the same time, and it is also possible to attack
> > GNU Hurd at the same time as the former 2, even if I agree with
> > Microsoft FUD that by extension holds it's less likely because
> > of the wee windfall that can be had from attacking the decidedly
> > _small_ etc number of people running GNU Hurd.
> > But that could change, like it has with GNU Linux.
>
> Ah ok, I see. I was not suggesting KFreeBSD for security reasons.
..aye, the *BSD unices _used_ to be "good on security" a decade
or so ago.
> > ..aye, but researching OP's 2 links further, I found this
> > neat wee litigation trap: ;o)
> > http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
>
> Yes that's what I was referring to. The CDDL is incompatible with the
> GPL, but it is fine with the BSD license, so Debian GNU/KFreeBSD
> doesn't have those problems.
..er, any Debian GNU/KFreeBSD distro would be mostly GPL, no?
--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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