Btrfs-progs Relicensing effort has begun

Btrfs-progs Relicensing effort has begun

[Andy Grover]

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