&gt; it would be far more likely&#x2F;practical for ZFS to be re-licensed under a GPL-compatible license if only the corporate overlords were so inclined.<p>I feel like that ship has sailed since there&#x27;s Btrfs for Linux too - which also originated at Oracle.<p>I&#x27;ve always been curious why they kept working on Btrfs after acquiring Sun since they could&#x27;ve just relicensed ZFS to GPL&#x2F;whatever.<p>Then again, I&#x27;ve also always been curious why people still keep glamoring over ZFS for Linux when Btrfs exists now, which, as far as I understand, is comparable to ZFS and a fresh implementation (for what that&#x27;s worth).