Re: ZFS

[vincent <10.50%free.fr@localhost>]

Le 8 nov. 2009 à 14:35, Rhialto a écrit :

> On Sun 08 Nov 2009 at 08:29:14 -0500, matthew sporleder wrote:
> > My guess is that if you were Wasabi Systems shipping NetBSD/ZFS-based
> > products, then you would be a probable target for a cease and desist
> > order pending a licensing agreement with NetApp (of course, that's
> > certainly not a specific problem anymore).  However, I think the  
> > worst
> > case for NetBSD would be a requirement to remove any sun-sourced,
> > infringing code.
>
> Given this:
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-October/033134.html
> it sounds like there is no such thing. Besides, software patents are  
> not
> allowed anyway.

Well, in Europe may be not, but in the US, read the history of BSD,  
and the birth of BSDLite. GIF also is a good example.

Okay, it can be no more than a voyage back in time to the  
aforementioned episode – so, is there any estimation as to the  
percentage of Sun code in today's NetBSD ZFS port?

Tot ziens :)
Vincent