On Sun, Feb 09, 2025 at 10:13:51PM +0100, Maxime Devos via Guix-patches via wrote: > And while documenting "The default configuration of adding X (ZFS) to your Y > (operating-system kernel-modules) might be illegal, so also modify the > initrd to mark it as non-substitutable" is worth _something_, it's much > better to just automatically mark the initrd as non-substitutable, as this > is an easy pitfall and entirely automatable.
I want to try to clarify my understanding of something. My impression is that the problem would be distribution of the combination of Linux and ZFS, as the GPL and CDDL both limit distribution, not use: For the GPL2: "Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope." https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html And the CDDL 1.0: "3.1. Availability of Source Code. Any Covered Software that You distribute or otherwise make available in Executable form must also be made available in Source Code form and that Source Code form must be distributed only under the terms of this License." https://opensource.org/license/CDDL-1.0 So, It would never be "illegal" to add ZFS to my operating-system kernel-modules, right? The violation of the licenses would only arise when distributing the combined work to a 3rd party? My apologies if this has already been discussed, but it stuck out to me.
