On Nov 29, 2007 2:01 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > > >> In an article in Information Week on November 5, 2007 I read, "What Sun's > >> OpenSolaris Means For Open Source > >> > >> Sun Microsystems has turned its Solaris operating system, which uses the > >> next-generation ZFS file system, into an open-source project; free downloads > >> are now available. " This is at: > >> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202802683 > >> > >> Does this mean that ZFS can be implemented in Fedora? Is anyone aware of a > >> port? > > > > Sun have so far not made it available under GPLv2, and it isn't clear a > > parallel implementation done from scratch under GPLv2 would not fall foul > > of their patents. They've so far not replied to requests to clarify that. > > > > At the moment ZFS is also subject to lawsuits between NetApp and Sun. > > > > Has anyone considered a fedora/RH userland on top of an OpenSolaris > kernel like the Nexenta project does with Ubuntu? Their recent work > seems to be on commercially supported storage appliance software though > and I'm not quite sure why the user side even matters there. Well how about having GNU/Hurd imported into rawhide ;) atleast it doesent have licensing problems. kind regards, Rudolf Kastl > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
