Re: ZFS on Debian GNU/Linux

[<tomas@tuxteam.de>]

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On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 08:22:37PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> On 02/28/2016 02:40 AM, Saša Janiška wrote:
> > I'd like to use zfs, but, it's still lacks proper distro support to
> > fiddle with it.
> 
> I believe the crux issue is incompatible licenses between Linux
> (GPL) and OpenZFS (CDDL):
> 
>     http://open-zfs.org/wiki/FAQ#Licensing

For a good cross-section on the possible positions on that, I'd recommend
this discussion:

  <http://lwn.net/Articles/677751/>

(the article itself points to the SFLC's position on Ubuntu including
zfs, which one may side with or not (I do), but the discussion itself
is, I think, a good coverage.

Regards
- -- t
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