On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:00:33PM -0000, Fred wrote: > Previously we have not been able to have ZFS support due to it being > licensed under the CDDL and the kernel under the GPL. > > Sun have contributed ZFS support to GRUB under the GPL license. We could > now use that code to implement support for ZFS in the Linux kernel. > > http://blogs.sun.com/darren/entry/zfs_under_gplv2_already_exists
The GRUB code is a fraction of the size of the normal ZFS code, and implements the bare minimum for read-only access needed to load the kernel, without much concern for efficiency. There would also be no protection against Sun's patents on ZFS if we were to expand that into a full implementation. -- Add native ZFS to Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
