Comment by geoff-dot
6 years ago
Are there any lawyers that can verify the legal claims made? Anyone can file a lawsuit at anytime for whatever reason, that doesn't mean the lawsuit is valid. Sure using ZFS on your home system or even a small implementation is not a big deal but if there's a company with money lawsuits happen.
I would think the wide availability and usage of ZFS and the fact that this is no longer 20 years ago when companies would sue as if they were 19th century tycoons there must be some sort of "well you let ZFS be used this long without suing you can't just let it be open for so long and then sue when it is profitable" sort of statue in American law. Again I'm not a lawyer and I know enough about law to know I do not know enough about law.
To be honest, given Oracle's history, I'm not sure I would even trust a lawyer's opinion, since it could still cost you a lot of money to defend against an Oracle lawsuit even if you win.