On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Billy Crook [off-list ref] wro=
te:

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 19:34, ivo welch [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

curiosity question---could btrfs be licensed in multiple ways to all=

ow

quoted

Apple and other vendors to adopt it?

Great question, Ivo.

And it turns out, btrfs is already licensed to permit commercial use,
integration into other products, and resale.

The license of btrfs isn't stopping Apple or Microsoft from using
btrfs. =C2=A0All licenses have terms (You should read the terms on so=

me of

Apple and Microsoft's software), but so long as they don't violate an=

y

terms, they are welcome to use all parts of the btrfs code for their
corporation's profit, and their customer's benefit.

=2E.. and while some will certainly argue one way or another, this is a
case where (IMO) the code for btrfs (as a module) is clearly distinct
from the OSX kernel (as it was not even designed for it originally)
and would not constitute far reaching public release of Apple IP ...
though tbh i know nothing about OSX kernel and whether it support
things like dynamic modules, so i could be mistaken ...

=2E.. but im confident there is a way Apple could wire it up so IP
release could be very small or nonexistent.  or maintain a "port" if
they so wished.

the real question is whether or not they would even desire using it
with infrastructure around HFS+/etc ... in my observations Apple and
friends are incredibly ... ehm ... selective -- the hardware and
everything above it *must* have the `Seal of Approval` -- maybe to
reduce/isolate their problem pool or maintain it's clique-crazed
"chic" aura :-), i dont know, but it's not for the end-user's
flexibility -- that's for sure.  the glaring example to me is
virtually the entire mobile/handheld/device industry deciding on
micro-USB as the power+data xchange connection *except* one infamous
product line ...

but meh, who really knows anyway; it certainly would be incredibly
cool to have a common denominator greater than FAT, especially since
commodity flash chips are 8-16GB now.

--=20

C Anthony
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