Ansgar writes ("Re: ZFS in Buster"):
> Ian Jackson writes:
> > I think this would be both unwise legally (without seeking additional
> > legal advice) and rather rude to the kernel upstream whose code is
> > then being reused without permission - indeed, contrary to their
> > explicitly stated intent.
>
> At least one commercial distribution (Ubuntu) has been distributing ZFS
> binary modules as part of their Linux packages for some years and didn't
> have any problems.
That doesn't prove anything other than that no-one felt it was
politically or financially expedient to sue.
AIUI Debian's position is still that summarised here:
https://blog.halon.org.uk/2016/01/on-zfs-in-debian/
(sorry about the pale grey on white disease; it works well in w3m)
Are you trying to reopen that discussion ? If so then you should be
CCing ftpmaster@ and leader@ probably...
Ian.
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