Re:Bcachefs Removed from the Mainline Kernel
by p_l on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:44AM
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It wasn't designed to be hostile to Linux - insider claims they expected integration within weeks, the license kerfuffle was a surprise.
The choice of creating a new license was because of two reasons:
- Internally people wanted for the code to be usable by not just Linux and Solaris (lots of BSD fans, for example)
- Sun was insisting on mutual patent protection clauses because GPLv2 didn't support them, and GPLv3 was not yet available to discuss viability at all.
The choice of creating a new license was because of two reasons:
- Internally people wanted for the code to be usable by not just Linux and Solaris (lots of BSD fans, for example)
- Sun was insisting on mutual patent protection clauses because GPLv2 didn't support them, and GPLv3 was not yet available to discuss viability at all.