GRUB imports ZFS support

The GRUB project has announced its decision to add ZFS support to the GRUB bootloader, despite the facts that (1) Oracle has not assigned copyright to the FSF, and (2) ZFS is not thought to carry a GPL-compatible license. "The ZFS code that has been imported into GRUB derives from the OpenSolaris version of GRUB Legacy. On one hand, this code was released to the public under the terms of the GNU GPL. On the other, binary releases of Solaris included this modified GRUB, and as a result Oracle/Sun is bound by the GPL." (Thanks to Luis Rodriguez)

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