zfs cddl & gpl

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 11:28:52PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
> 
> >So is Apache's httpd. Still, it is included.
> >
> > 
> >
> Apache does not like to GPL'ed software.

Hm? Do you mean link? Neither would ZFS under FUSE.

> 
> >Look, I haven't been living in a cave. I've read the discussion about
> >ZFS being incompatible with GPL, so it can't be ported to the kernel.
> >
> >But I'm speaking of porting it to FUSE.
> As has been pointed out repeatedly the licenses are incompatible so they 
> cannot possibly link to each other.

Maybe I've missed some message stating that CDDL is incompatible with
LGPL. All messages I've read mentioned linking zfs with the kernel. And
that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about zfs and fuse. I'm
talking about userland.

And even if GDDL *is* incompatbile with L-GPL, couldn't the interface to
FUSE be implemented from specs?


> Besides unless there is a port 
> available this discussion has little meaning.

I started, or gave continuation to, this discussion, in order to
ascertain wether it would be possible to use zfs under fuse.  All
messages I've read about zfs stated the ilegality of porting it to the
kernel. That made it seam like a final statement about zfs under fedora.

I was just inquiring about another route.