> From: linux-btrfs-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-btrfs- > ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of ivo welch > > curiosity question---could btrfs be licensed in multiple ways to allow > Apple and other vendors to adopt it?
No. The source code is copyrighted by many different entities, and the only way to release it under any other license would require all of the contributors to mutually agree. It'll never happen. Likewise, perhaps Apple could release their code under a license that's compatible with GPL, but I seriously doubt that would ever happen. > as end users, having one good > file system that works everywhere as a main root system would be > heaven... Agreed. But the various producers of filesystems are generally commercial entities interested in making a profit. For various reasons, many of them intentionally don't go this direction. They're all trying to differentiate themselves. Generally speaking, the problem is the requirement to integrate some other FS into a kernel or other component that requires license compatibility for booting. Generally speaking you can circumvent this problem by using things like Fuse to mount a filesystem in user space, thus not requiring it to be built into the kernel, thus eliminating any license compatibility problems. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
