Extend license information page
Extend license information page of OpenZFS.
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Licensing
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ZFS is licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License
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(`CDDL <http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/opensolaris_license>`__),
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and the Linux kernel is licensed under the GNU General Public License
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Version 2 (`GPLv2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl2.html>`__). While
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both are free open source licenses they are restrictive licenses. The
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combination of them causes problems because it prevents using pieces of
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code exclusively available under one license with pieces of code
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exclusively available under the other in the same binary. In the case of
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the kernel, this prevents us from distributing ZFS on Linux as part of
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the kernel binary. However, there is nothing in either license that
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prevents distributing it in the form of a binary module or in the form
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of source code.
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Additional reading and opinions:
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- `Software Freedom Law
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Center <https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2016/linux-kernel-cddl.html>`__
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- `Software Freedom
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Conservancy <https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/>`__
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- `Free Software
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Foundation <https://www.fsf.org/licensing/zfs-and-linux>`__
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- `Encouraging closed source
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modules <http://www.networkworld.com/article/2301697/smb/encouraging-closed-source-modules-part-1--copyright-and-software.html>`__
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License information can be found `here <https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/License.html>`__.
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Reporting a problem
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