From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:10497 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752643AbaAOSTB (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:19:01 -0500 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0FIJ05s024610 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:19:00 -0500 Received: from agrover.csb ([10.3.113.13]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s0FIJ0LZ001428 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:19:00 -0500 Message-ID: <52D6D113.10308@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:18:59 -0800 From: Andy Grover MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-btrfs Subject: Btrfs-progs Relicensing effort has begun Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi all, We want to relicense btrfs-progs, using the LGPLv2.1 instead of GPLv2. We can then build btrfs-progs code as a shared library, libbtrfs, and this library can be used by other code -- GPLv3+, BSD/Apache, and non-free, without causing the GPLv2 to apply to the other code. This will allow btrfs support to be more tightly integrated into other management tools. Chris Mason, as well as Oracle, have approved this change and are on-board, but we also need *all* contributors to agree. I will be emailing all contributors (as shown by git) over the next few weeks. Progress will be shown here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuE18RMM7JeKdFF4OVdsYU9GVmVEOGNKajdPYThHSWc&usp=sharing Instead of waiting for the email, you can also email me now (agrover@redhat.com) with the below phrase, or something similar: -I grant permission to re-license my contributed code to btrfs-progs under the GNU LGPLv2.1 license.- or with any questions. Thanks! -- Regards -- Andy