Fedora Freedom and linux-libre

[Rahul Sundaram]

Les Mikesell wrote:

> If it takes a current concrete example to make sense, swapping out 
> reiserfs with zfs in the Linux kernel seems like a good idea. But we
> can't do that because the kernel is too free.

I haven't seen any contributors claim that it is a good idea. Quite the 
opposite considering patent concerns and design differences. Assuming it 
is, CDDL has additional requirements incompatible with GPLv2 and it was 
designed that way and also because the kernel is very different between 
Linux and Solaris. The only way to allow absolute flexibility in terms 
of licensing is to put stuff in the public domain or very permissive 
licenses.

Rahul