Re:Big News for ZFS on Linux
by Ao7bei3s on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @06:31AM
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> Obviously some lawyer would make the case that it's not a new version since it has drastically different text,
That's exactly what I meant with lawyers<->nerds: publishing a radically different version is a nice hack, but may not hold up legally.
> but at that point we're well into moot, counterfactual realms.
That's what I meant with confusion. If the legal situation isn't entirely clear, the kernel team, distros and related companies might very well decide to play it safe.
That's exactly what I meant with lawyers<->nerds: publishing a radically different version is a nice hack, but may not hold up legally.
> but at that point we're well into moot, counterfactual realms.
That's what I meant with confusion. If the legal situation isn't entirely clear, the kernel team, distros and related companies might very well decide to play it safe.