> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet > > However, if Oracle makes a binary release of BTRFS-derived code, they > must > release the source as well; BTRFS is under the GPL.
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