The Wrong Open Source Software License

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Published on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 Indexed on 2010/06/08 17:23 UTC
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It's ironic -- Sun took great pains to license its open source OS, OpenSolaris, and with it ZFS, under the ostensibly home-grown CDDL license. Now, with the plug pulled on Open Solaris, the future looks grim for the popular and highly regarded ZFS. Unless it can be absorbed into the Linux kernel that Sun carefully positioned it to avoid.

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The Wrong Open Source Software License

Posted on Internet.com See other posts from Internet.com
Published on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 Indexed on 2010/06/08 17:23 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 303

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It's ironic -- Sun took great pains to license its open source OS, OpenSolaris, and with it ZFS, under the ostensibly home-grown CDDL license. Now, with the plug pulled on Open Solaris, the future looks grim for the popular and highly regarded ZFS. Unless it can be absorbed into the Linux kernel that Sun carefully positioned it to avoid.

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