[denotational]

> This is a case of the linux kernel devs being bullies, and trying to make life harder for 3rd party modules.

I’m inclined to agree, but the fact that ZFS was developed on Solaris and ported to Linux is irrelevant in my opinion: the specific Kernel module using the GPL symbols would be the derivative work, not ZFS as a concept.

Your point about symbols being retroactively made GPL-only is very interesting, and I think it really undermines the Kernel developers’ position.

Again, I don’t really buy Linus’s argument at all, but I think it’s relevant to the discussion, which is why I mentioned it.

[mustache_kimono]

> the specific Kernel module using the GPL symbols would be the derivative work, not ZFS as a concept.

Why, as compared to a kernel module linked to non-GPL-only symbols?