When root on ZFS breaks on Arch Linux

Re:When root on ZFS breaks on Arch Linux by tzs on Sunday March 26, 2023 @11:39AM (#35315623)

> For this issue a workaround with Kernel 6.2.8 is discussed in the AUR comments for zfs-dkms: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zfs-dkms This would involve editing the PKGBUILD for ZFS to patch the license for the symbols to GPL, though I'm not sure about the legality of this approach

In the US there is 17 USC 117(a) which might apply:

> Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:

> (1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or

(Section 106 is the section that says you need permission from the copyright owner to make copies or adaptations).

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Re:When root on ZFS breaks on Arch Linux by mustache_kimono on Sunday March 26, 2023 @12:44PM (#35316502)

But you already have permission to modify the sources? The GPLv2 gives you that permission?

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Re:When root on ZFS breaks on Arch Linux by GauntletWizard on Sunday March 26, 2023 @06:50PM (#35320533)

Yes, the only problem here is if you redistribute those built binaries and images.

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Re:When root on ZFS breaks on Arch Linux by mustache_kimono on Sunday March 26, 2023 @07:33PM (#35320892)

Exactly, or, you know, maybe it's a problem. But it is the same problem I would have had anyway.

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