[zfs-discuss] Apple cans ZFS project

[David Magda]

On Oct 24, 2009, at 08:53, Joerg Schilling wrote:

> The article that was mentioned a few hours ago did mention
> licensing problems without giving any kind of evidence for
> this claim. If there is evidence, I would be interested in
> knowing the background, otherwise it looks to me like FUD.


I'm guessing that you'll never see direct evidence given the  
sensitivity that these negotiations can take. All you'll guess is  
rumours and leaks of various levels of reliability.

Apple can currently just take the ZFS CDDL code and incorporate it  
(like they did with DTrace), but it may be that they wanted a "private  
license" from Sun (with appropriate technical support and  
indemnification), and the two entities couldn't come to mutually  
agreeable terms.

Oh well. I'm sure Apple can come up something good in the FS team, but  
it's a shame that the wheel has to be re-invented when there's a  
production-ready option available.