On May 19, 2008, at 17:31, David Magda wrote: > you can use, modify, and redistribute code released under CDDL > without worrying about any patents
On May 19, 2008, at 18:12, Joerg Schilling wrote: > If it was correct, then neither FreeBSD nor Mac OS X could use ZFS. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK, both FreeBSD and OSX use a non-trival portion of the CDDL'ed code directly (FreeBSD implemented a Solaris compatibility layer so they could do this, according to the paper on ZFS on FreeBSD) so the patent rights are conferred because the CDDL'ed code is used. Since they're both BSD, the licenses are compatible. A cleanroom implementation would not use the CDDL'ed code, and so the patent rights wouldn't flow. It would be neat if the CDDL said you could learn from the CDDL'ed code and have patent rights confer, but I don't believe such a clause exists. Clean-rooming ZFS might be easier than tackling GPLv3. On May 19, 2008, at 18:16, Joerg Schilling wrote: > He only needs to make sure that these people cover more than 50% of > the code > and that no single contributor who owns more than 5% of the whole > source > remains unasked. That would be convenient, but do you have cite (it would help my understanding of this morass)? I don't see where the GPLv2 trumps Berne Convention copyright. The *GNU Project* code does require copyright assignment, for this reason (turns out they were on to something, IMHO). I have heard people say that by this time we know where X% (where X is very large) of the Linux code came from, and re-writing the unattributed parts would not be an impossible task, should GPLv3 be desired. My guess is if 47 of the 50 proverbial core people were on board the other 3's code would get re-done. Unless it were e.g., Ingo, Alan, Linus. In my dream world Jonathan dispatched Jeff to talk to Linus and broach, "we'll do it if you do it". :) If so we can mark the date on the calendar when digital cameras come with ZFS flash cards instead of FAT32! (I'm only half kidding) -Bill ----- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
