Backing up sparse files ... VM's and TrueCrypt ... etc

[richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Richard Pieri)]

On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> 
> Recently, a few months ago, I saw two articles released within a day of each
> other.  Apple gave up on ZFS in OSX because of irreconcilable license
> issues.  And KQ Infotech is working on a port of zfs to Linux, with reason
> to believe they can, or have already overcome the license conflict issues.

Built as a standalone module.  But it's a lose in the long run, in my opinion. What the world needs most from ZFS is portability across different operating systems.  The terms of the CDDL ensure that cannot happen.

--Rich P.