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> For this issue a workaround with Kernel 6.2.8 is discussed in the AUR comments for zfs-dkms: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zfs-dkms This would involve editing the PKGBUILD for ZFS to patch the license for the symbols to GPL, though I'm not sure about the legality of this approach

In the US there is 17 USC 117(a) which might apply:

> Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:

> (1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or

(Section 106 is the section that says you need permission from the copyright owner to make copies or adaptations).



But you already have permission to modify the sources? The GPLv2 gives you that permission?

I just don't understand this position -- how dare you modify the sources we expressly gave you permission to modify?


Yes, the only problem here is if you redistribute those built binaries and images.


Exactly, or, you know, maybe it's a problem. But it is the same problem I would have had anyway.




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