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shmerl
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> However, even a black-box rewrite could still fall foul of any patents granted to the original creators.
Well, OpenZFS is already vulnerable to it. So if Oracle will decide to sabotage it, it easily can.
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shmerl
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If CDDL prevents patent abuse by Oracle for derivatives - then great.
lambada
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My understanding (although I'm not certain) is that a license to use and modify the software also implicitly grants a license to use the patents contained in the original code.
mzs
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Yup, section 2 essentially grants that.
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Well, OpenZFS is already vulnerable to it. So if Oracle will decide to sabotage it, it easily can.