John Birrell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:34:19PM +0200, Olivier Warin wrote: > > I recently wanted to give dtrace on FreeBSD a try but found this > > project to be stopped due to a licensing issue. > > Will we see dtrace in the base just like zfs anytime (hopefully) soon ? > > I'm am currently trying to find a way around the licensing issues. > Sun is no help at all. The patent clauses in their CDDL are a big deal. > They claim that they don't want to sue anyone over patents, but > when push comes to shove they actually will. Refer to the Netapp > lawsuits. > > ... > DTrace consists mainly of kernel modules, however in order for DTrace > to inspect the kernel internals it has to have some code inside > existing BSD licensed files. > This should not be a problem. Code added to BSD licensed files should be BSD licensed. DarrenReceived on Fri Sep 21 2007 - 04:56:57 UTC
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