> Unless I misunderstood, they also say there that ZFS code can be merged into > the Linux source tree... but that distributing a binary built from it would be > a no-no.
They claim distributing as binary module is no problem! They have split the code into spl (Solaris porting Layer), and a separate zfs module which use the SPL interface. That make it really hard to claim that zfs is derived work from Linux. >They can say a lot of things but what really matters is how the distros behave. > So far almost no distros include ZFS kernel modules and related support >packages... and (I believe) the reason is that they want to mitigate risk. > Quite a few ship the fuse-based ZFS stuff. I believe the small handful of >distros that do include ZFS support via kernel modules are located outside of >the US. see: http://warpmech.com/?news=myth-busting-series-zfs-on-linux-has-license-problems That article claims that Lawrence Livermore National Lab already ships binary zfs modules to customers. > With regards to OpenVZ it mostly matters what Red Hat does and clones. > > I know Proxmox is a huge Debian fan... does Debian offer ZFS kernel modules > and if not, why not? How about Proxmox VE? Proxmox is working on that. > > You can link to libzfs. As example, see grub code. Grub is GPL and they link > > with libzfs. Do I miss something? > > Again, are distros shipping grub2 with or without ZFS support? Proxmox VE will ship grub with zfs support. But I think further distros will follow soon. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
