Re:ZFS Licensing and Linux
by snuxoll on Friday February 19, 2016 @01:42PM
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> To me, there seems like their is a good chance than ZFS and the Linux Kernel can be distributed as a combined work (But I Am Not A Lawyer!).
This is a situation the GPL tries to prevent by explicitly using the language "combined work" - however copyright law doesn't typically have a concept of a combined work, only a derived work. It will take a court to settle this.
This is a situation the GPL tries to prevent by explicitly using the language "combined work" - however copyright law doesn't typically have a concept of a combined work, only a derived work. It will take a court to settle this.