So what is problem with the ZFS license, why is it incompatible with the GPL? :psyduck:

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@vaporeon_ the fsf explains it at fsf.org/licensing/zfs-and-linu, but in short, the issue is that the CDDL’s purr-file copyright scheme does nothing to purrevent the creation of a derivative work adding a new file to the purroject not under the terms of the CDDL, even a purroprurrietary license if you want, making it trivial to create a derivative work of CDDL-licensed software not under the CDDL as a whole

meanwhile, the GPL requires derivative works to also be licensed under the GPL. this is strictly incompatible with the terms of the CDDL

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