From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751743AbXDQGya (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:54:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751744AbXDQGya (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:54:30 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.180]:21225 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751743AbXDQGy3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:54:29 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:to:subject:from:content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:date:message-id:user-agent; b=VBxHWELxqayDalrLmWnzTWx45TtW7EkcKQs1Vompu/2gL2Osv1dinEKvHrojglh6jH+vtauOeQB4qbb7YWkMESp8MsuAF4jHsXjKzt1rTi3bsQWPw5r+K8RrUAkriSvArgOlDp6uKfG/yZ+Sy7ByHU1nqqs9iZR1LIdr/OEsPCw= To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ZFS with Linux: An Open Plea From: "David R. Litwin" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:54:32 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.20 (Linux) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 15/04/07, Jesper Juhl wrote: On 14/04/07, David R. Litwin wrote: > Before I go on, let me appologise. I don't really know what I hope to > accomplish, beyond trying to garner thoughts (and support?) for the > topic. > > Essentially: I want to use Linux and ZFS. I don't particularly care about > licences or any of the rest of that nonsense. The license that protects the code we write is far from nonsense. I know. In the end, this is the reason this topic is being discussed. I suggest the first thing you do is contact the ZFS developers and convince them to release their code under a license that's GPL compatible, then we can start looking at a Linux port. I began by contacting them. One of the devs there told me to contact the Linux devs. > FUSE is nice for trying out new and interresting ideas in userspace - > it has its uses. Yes, but it is not really for the end-user. To paraphrase another, it is mostly academic. > What are the thoughts of the Linux community? > > Can't tell you that, all I can tell you is my own oppinion. You make up a member of the Linux community. > I believe > ZFS for Linux would be interresting, if not for any other reason then > for compatibility. For the greater glory of Linux? :-) > I'd personally like to see it - but, settle the > license issue first. And we've come full circle: The liconsinc issue. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- —A watched bread-crumb never boils. —My hover-craft is full of eels. —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.