2010/8/16 "C. Bergström" <codest...@osunix.org> > Joerg Schilling wrote: > >> "C. Bergström" <codest...@osunix.org> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I absolutely guarantee Oracle can and likely already has dual-licensed >>>> BTRFS. >>>> >>>> >>> No.. talk to Chris Mason.. it depends on the linux kernel too much >>> already to be available under anything, but GPLv2 >>> >>> >> >> If he really believes this, then he seems to be missinformed about legal >> background. >> The question is: who wrote the btrfs code and who owns it. >> >> If Oracle pays him for writing the code, then Oracle owns the code and can >> relicense it under any license they like. >> >> > Why don't all you license trolls go crawl under a rock.. Are you so dense > to believe > > 1) Only Oracle devs have by now contributed to btrfs? > 2) That it's so tightly intermingled with the linux kernel code you can't > separate the two of them. > > Just STFU already and go check commit logs and source if you don't > believe.. > > ZFS-discuss != BTRFS+Oracle-license troll-ml >
Before making yourself look like a fool, I suggest you look at the BTRFS commits. Can you find a commit submitted by anyone BUT Oracle employees? I've yet to see any significant contribution from anyone outside the walls of Oracle to the project. --Tim
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