Chris Brennan <xa...@xaerolimit.net> writes:
>> one possibility i forgot to ask about is zfs using >> debian/freebsd. i understand that zfs works well with freebsd, >> so presumably it would with debian/freebsd as well. >> >> i'm curious as to feelings on this combo vs xfs with straight debian >> (which is really what we are leaning to) as we start our research on >> the matter. >> > > You also need to take into account that CDDL (The Sun/Oracle Licence) > is not compatible with the GNU Licence, so there are legal issues as > well (see the ZFS link I initially posted a few days ago.) The whole > point of the rewrite project is to have a native (in-kernel) solution > that is legally compatible as well as stable (which it's not right > now.) > ok this pretty well seals things. we aren't thinking about doing debian to support the BSD license (not that i have anything personal against it, but if we're talking 'free', we need to 'stay free' and not play with the idea, imho). so thanks for eliminating the final brick, chris - xfs here we come! -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739lbf8ow....@towardsfreedom.com
