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A comment on ZFS on Linux 0.7.13. Parent comment

Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by Conan_Kudo on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:24AM (#19328721)
> Optionally, we may expect distros like Ubuntu simply reverse that change to not ruin their own packages.

If they want to earn the ire of the Linux kernel developers, sure. But they won't do that, especially if they employ kernel developers. That's a scummy thing to do.

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Re:ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @12:12PM (#19329809)
It is complete bull to claim that loading and saving the FPU state makes a piece of code inherently derivative of GPL code such that it must itself be GPL. Calling that bluff may draw ire but it is not scummy.
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