From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Package request: ZFS
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:44:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8736m9sdfj.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lg028c0n.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:23:04 +0200")
Hi Pierre,
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:
> Now that we have support for linux module packages (thanks to Danny),
> can we get ZFS to work on Guix?
>
> https://zfsonlinux.org/
Probably not, because ZFS and Linux use incompatible licenses. IANAL,
but my understanding is that they impose conflicting requirements on
distributors of derived works. Here are some relevant links to explain
the details:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/apr/11/fsf-zfs/
https://www.fsf.org/licensing/zfs-and-linux
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-23 1:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-22 12:23 Package request: ZFS Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-23 1:44 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2019-04-23 8:22 ` Pierre Neidhardt
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