A discussion on combining CDDL and GPL code

Posted Jun 1, 2016 11:06 UTC (Wed) by nye (subscriber, #51576)
In reply to: A discussion on combining CDDL and GPL code by anselm
Parent article: A discussion on combining CDDL and GPL code

>We're talking about the binary ZFS module on its own here (as per the previous poster). Even if the CDDL says that it can be distributed under the GPL, the GPL says that binaries must have source code under the GPL (or a GPL-compatible license, i.e., not the CDDL). Derivative works don't enter the discussion

Derivative works don't merely enter the discussion; they *are* the discussion. The GPL can say whatever it likes, but nothing in it can possibly apply to something that is not a derivative work.