Comment by nottorp
6 years ago
> There is no conceivable reason that Oracle would want to threaten me with a lawsuit.
I don't think it has to be conceivable with Oracle...
Unfortunately I have to agree with Linus on this one. Messing with Oracle's stuff is dangerous if you can't afford a comparable legal team.
"Oracle's stuff" can most often be described more accurately as "what Oracle considers its stuff".
Linus is distributing the kernel, a very different beast from using a kernel module. I can't imagine Oracle targeting someone for using ZFS on Linux without first establishing that the distribution of ZFS on Linux is illegal.