[loudmax]

Sun's motivation for choosing the CDDL is beside the point. Unless ZFS is released under a license that allows it to be redistributed under the GPL, ZFS cannot be legally built into Linux as a filesystem.

If you have reason to believe that Linux developers can go ahead and simply integrate ZFS into Linux without worrying about the license, I'm sure lawyers from the FSF, IBM, Cannonical, etc would love to hear your explanation.

[floatboth]

Uh, isn't Canonical already shipping ZFS in the latest Ubuntu? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/something-exciting-is-c...

Their argument (as I understand it) is that loadable kernel modules are separate discrete pieces of software that do not become "part of" the kernel and do not have to care about kernel licensing. They can be any license, including proprietary, like nvidia drivers.

There is about zero need for "integration" as in static linking / inclusion in the linux repo btw. Nothing wrong with dkms.

[nickik]

This is not a new thought and the lawyers actually understand this. GPL was not designed to protect user from open source. And its an idiotic missapplication. Oracle themself diliver ZFS with Linux, and so do many, many others.

The only 'argument' is that we can't do it because 'big bad oracle' will sue you but that really doesn't hold up.

[aidenn0]

> Sun's motivation for choosing the CDDL is beside the point.

GP made a claim to Sun's motivation, rebutting that claim seams reasonable.