>ZFS on OS X was killed because of Oracle licensing drama.
Naa it was Jobs ego not the license:
>>Only one person at Steve Jobs' company announces new products: Steve Jobs.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/zfs-the-other-new-ap...
It could have played into it though, but I agree the support contract that couldn't be worked out mentioned elsewhere in the thread is more likely.
But I think these things are usually a combination. When a business relationship sours, agreements are suddenly much harder to work out. The negotiators are still people and they have feelings that will affect their decisionmaking.
It’s a cute story that plays into the same old assertions about Steve Jobs, but the conclusion is mostly baseless. There are many other, more credible, less conspiratorial, possible explanations.