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On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 04:42:47PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I'm just found something new in filtered folder by "ZFS" word in RSS feed 
> > from blogs.sun.com and on firs look it may be some continuation of this 
> > thread:
> > 
> > http://blogs.sun.com/darren/entry/zfs_under_gplv2_already_exists
> > 
> > I'm not check completly this .. so don't beat me if it is not true :)
> 
> Useful if accurate as the GPLv2 and Sun origin means youa re clear for
> any patents Sun used in that code but maybe not for any in the pure CDDL
> bits. Definitely positive.

Well, except remember that they only made sources available so that
GRUB could boot OpenSolaris.  Grub only requires read-only access to
the filesystem, and what was made available under GPLv2 was only a
distinct subset of the full ZFS sources.

						- Ted

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