Re:Deep Diving into the Strengths of FreeBSD
by arp242 on Friday May 07, 2021 @01:50AM
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> But then given ZFS is an older and more mature project and ZFS already works pretty damn well, I also question why anyone would want a replacement to ZFS when they could just use ZFS.
Basically just licencing. The great irony is that btrfs was started by Oracle (not sure if they're still involved) before they acquired Sun. A relicensing effort to GPL would probably be better, but, you know, Oracle.
I argued in the past that OpenZFS should have contributors sign a small CLA which permits relicensing to GPL to prepare for this nonetheless, it's a small effort and could save a lot of effort later.
Basically just licencing. The great irony is that btrfs was started by Oracle (not sure if they're still involved) before they acquired Sun. A relicensing effort to GPL would probably be better, but, you know, Oracle.
I argued in the past that OpenZFS should have contributors sign a small CLA which permits relicensing to GPL to prepare for this nonetheless, it's a small effort and could save a lot of effort later.