ZFS.

[Naoki]

On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 22:11 -0600, Patrick Barnes wrote:
> Naoki wrote:
> > Seems ZFS is out in the wild under the CDDL ( implications of that
> > license I have no idea of though ).
> >
> > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/source/
> >
> >
> > And the linux port is underway? :
> > http://www.sun.com/emrkt/campaign_docs/expertexchange/knowledge/solaris_zfs_gen.html#10
> >
> >
> > So does anybody know if the CDDL restricts the ability for it reaching
> > the main kernel?   And anybody else think it would be a really cool
> > addition?
> >
> >   
> IIRC, the CDDL is not GPL compatible.  Unless it is licensed under the
> GPL, it will not be placed in the kernel.  I believe the CDDL also
> prevents it from being added to Fedora Core or Fedora Extras.


Well N-Man, that's unfortunate.  I propose a new file system called
"NFS" with the same features :)