Re: KDTRACE is gone?

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006, John Birrell wrote:
Which restrictions do you see preventing the distribution of a
DTRACE-enabled GENERIC kernel binary? I would refer you to sections
3.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of the license[1], which state:

- the CDDL is mandatory on the source code distribution;
- the original copyright notice for the original work must be displayed;
- binary distributions of CDDL-licensed software may be relicensed;

The requirement for the last is that the new license not conflict with
the CDDL. The CDDL doesn't otherwise restrict use, modification or
distribution and includes the ability to sublicense the original code as
well as and derived works.

Someone please point out the conflict. I don't see one.

FreeBSD's policy is to ship a GENERIC kernel which is entirely BSD
licensed. Kernel modules and other kernel options can include other
licenses, but the options enabled in GENERIC must be BSD licensed.

Why isn't importing it as a non-default option acceptable? I believe a
lot of users would be happy to include it in their custom kernels.
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