Alan Cox wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:55:18 -0700 (PDT)
Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ZFS was included in FreeBSD 7.0 because the BSD
license is more free than the GPL with that regard.
And if NetApp win against Sun they can sue FreeBSD now, for
triple
damages which would be millions and the end of FreeBSD.
That is a big IF, maybe it should be an iff (IF and ONLY IF) like in Mathematics. :)
A big if but rather a nasty consequence, and unlike FreeBSD the Linux
companies have enough money that people do try lawsuits.
They(FreeBSD) should be protected, the users can get the ports from source, they do not ship binaries(except the installation *.tbz files).
That makes no difference to US patent law.
Its the same with anyone else's patent law, too. Shipping things as a
kit of parts never successfully circumvented any patent laws.
Steve
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