Linux: ZFS, Licenses and Patents
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| A recent discussion on the lkml examined the possibility of a
| Linux implementation of Sun's ZFS. It was pointed out that the
| file system is released under the GPL-incompatible CDDL, and
| that Sun has filed numerous patents to prevent ZFS from being
| reverse engineered.
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/8066
On a related note:
Open source battles the mooch-o-meter
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| The Gartner report says 55% of the big customers surveyed would
| consider moving to an open source solution. But thinking isn't doing.
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| The problem, as WHurley notes, is credit. He suggests a "mooch-o-meter"
| to measure the real commitment of companies like Groundwork to the
| open source ideal.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1013
Where's Oracle when it comes to giving back? They do some work on the kernel,
but no much beyond that.
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