On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:35:05AM -0700, Tim Cook wrote:
> No, no they don't.  You're under the misconception that they no
> longer own the code just because they released a copy as GPL.  That
> is not true.  Anyone ELSE who uses the GPL code must release
> modifications if they wish to distribute it due to the GPL.  The
> original author is free to license the code as many times under as
> many conditions as they like, and release or not release subsequent
> changes they make to their own code.
> 
> I absolutely guarantee Oracle can and likely already has
> dual-licensed BTRFS.

Well, Oracle obviously would want btrfs to stay as part of the Linux
kernel rather than die a death of anonymity outside of it... 

As such, they'll need to continue to comply with GPLv2 requirements.

Ray
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