On May 11, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Hillel Lubman wrote: > In the article about MeeGo: > http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/387196/103bbafc9266fd0d/ it is stated, that > Oracle (together with RedHat) contributes a bulk part of BTRFS development. > Given that ZFS and BTRFS both share many similar goals, wouldn't it be > reasonable for Oracle to license ZFS under wider range of FOSS licenses > (similar to how Mozilla released their code under triple license, since MPL > is incomatible with GPL)? Is there any movement in that direction (or the > solid intention not to do so?).
I don't think so, not in the short run at least. Oracle has a edge over the competition with Solaris that also is the primary platform for ZFS development, they control Solaris and can used it in their advantage. Why give it away to the competition and incorporate ZFS it into a OS they does not control? Oracle knows how to make money and I don't think broadening the license for ZFS is going to do that in a near future. Henrik http://sparcv9.blogspot.com
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