2010/8/17 Artem Belevich <fbsdlist_at_src.cx>: >> But did they close the sources too ? >> I mean, they have a VCS, can we still access it and download the ZFS source files ? > > If I understand Oracle's announcement correctly, sources would still > be available. The change is that they will stop publishing them > near-real-time and would release them after corresponding features > appear in official Solaris release. > >> Did they also relicense them ? > Quote: > ==================================== > We will not remove the CDDL from any files in Solaris to which it > already applies, and new source code files that are created will > follow the current policy regarding applying the CDDL (simply, that > usr/src files will have the CDDL, and the very small minority of files > in usr/closed might not have it) > ==================================== > > The way I read it ZFS will still be available under CDDL. Great. That would mean : no change for ZFS in FreeBSD. If Oracle implements the long-awaited block pointer rewrite feature, we'll be able to import it :) I hope they will continue working on it, even if they have btrfs... > > --Artem > -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier_at_gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."Received on Tue Aug 17 2010 - 14:34:59 UTC
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