On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 11:41 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> I am aware of (and this are many) explain, linking
> against an independent work creates a collective work and no
> derivative work.
> The GPL would only hit if a derivative work was created but even under
> US
> Copyright law, a derivative work is not created by linking the linux
> kernel
> against ZFS.
There are numerous people in the community that have indicated that they
believe that such linking creates a *derivative* work. Donald Becker
has made this claim rather forcefully.
The reality is that this is a grey area, and has not been tested in
court -- especially where kernels are involved. Different people (and
different jurisdictions) may interpret this differently.
- Garrett
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