On 07/04/16 06:55, Michal Kubecek wrote:
On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 09:50:37AM +0930, Simon Lees wrote:
Developers of the kernel community consider non-GPL kernel modules to be infringing on their copyright. openSUSE does respect this position and will not distribute non-GPL kernel modules as part of products. ...and yet we go to a long length to make everyone who wants to use nvidia or fglrx drivers their experience as comfortable as possible (while not crossing the thin line of "providing them as part of our
7 апр. 2016 г., в 8:09, Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz> написал(а): products").
While I completely agree with not providing ZFS, I would rather avoid basing it on reasoning like above if we are apparently completely fine with kernel modules which are not even open source. Some might even use the H-word, I guess. That's fine - so someone will need to host external repo with ZFS. Just like packman does. But it is not, what this thread asked, right? That's definitely not what I wanted to say. My point is: please don't
On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 08:32:39AM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: base our refusal to provide ZFS support on "non-GPL modules are bad, if you want them, you are on your own" unless we are ready to say (and do) the same for nvidia and fglrx.
I definitely didn't want to say we should do the same for ZFS as for those two drivers (i.e. provide them in the most comfortable way that still allows us to say we technically don't). We shouldn't, IMHO.
Michal Kubeček
Although they taint the kernel, the corporations - Nvidia and AMD do all the work in house to support their products in Linux and are responsible for fixing any problems, not the distributions. As far as I know, Oracle does not support ZFS on Linux. Who would you suggest take on the development and possibly a fork of ZFS to Linux if Oracle does not and even if Oracle would not object? As for legality -- remember Oracle is currently in court seeking legal remedy from Google over Java parts of Android. Permission not explicitly given opens one up to being litigated against. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org