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Re: RAID 6 array and failing harddrives
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:20:49 -0400
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:23 PM, David Sommerseth
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 10/04/17 09:15, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> zfs'll never be in-tree for licensing reasons.
>
> Well, "never" might be a too strong word. Stranger things have
> happened, like Microsoft embracing Linux and open source; even
> starting to open up some of their closed projects as open source ;-)
>
> But I'll give you that Oracle is probably a very different beast on
> the legal side and doesn't have a too good "open source karma".

No one can see Oracle changing the zfs license to one that's
gpl-compatible. The cddl is supposed to be gpl-incompatible by design.

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