Canonical’s ZFS-powered Ubuntu could face legal challenge
Canonical's latest release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution includes support for a filesystem that could inspire a legal challenge.
Ubuntu 16.04 contains OpenZFS, an implementation of Sun Microsystems's ZFS file system, currently the property of Oracle. ZFS provides many advantages that are worth having in a server environment, such as snapshotting, copy-on-write, and robust error correction.
But ZFS hasn't been shipped with commercial Linux distributions precompiled since it's licensed under terms that are generally considered incompatible with Linux's GPL.
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