This overview of the Linux+ZFS licensing crap is pretty good. It comes from GPL supporters, but it clearly shows whatβs so terrible about the GPL. Itβs not just a copyleft license, itβs a strong copyleft license:
According to these provisions of GPLv2, if you create a binary work that incorporates components from the GPLv2βd program, you must provide the complete corresponding source for that entire work with the binary, and the terms of the GPLv2 apply to that source
binary distribution of ZFS plus Linux β even with ZFS in a .ko file β constitutes distribution of a combined work, which we name Linux+ZFS
This is completely absurd. A license that infects tarballs?