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by protomyth 3253 days ago
I have read it, but not all of the files are under the "later" clause. Its a small number right now, but it will probably increase. So Oracle cannot do the whole OpenZFS in one swoop.
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The majority of OpenZFS hasn't exercised the opt-out (and most importantly, the portions that are from the original ZFS are definitely not exercising the opt-out). There are two possible options:

1. Re-implement those files. 2. Ask the current copyright holder to remove the opt-out.

Given how small the number of lines is[1], I would be surprised if re-implementing would take more than a few weeks.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14866179