"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 17/04/07, Wee Yeh Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/17/07, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > So, it comes to this: Why, precisely, can ZFS not be
> > > released under a License which _is_ GPL
> > > compatible?
> >
> > So why do you think should it be released under a GPL compatible license?
>
>
> So that it can be used directly with the Linux kernel.
This is obviously a missunderstanding. You do not need to make
ZFS _part_ of the Linux kernel as id is some kind of driver.
Using ZFS with Linux would be "mere aggregation" (see GPL text).
Jörg
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