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That's countered by btrfs's source code always beginning with "Copyright (C) 2007 Oracle."

Maybe it was Mason's pet project within the company, but there is no ambiguity that Oracle owns it. It is an Oracle project.



A copyright line doesn't make it an "Oracle project". That implies a high level of control/involvement in the project.


It shows belonging, at the very least. The quote from Jim Salter was "The project belonged to Mason, not to his employer" (emphasis added). The copyright line demonstrably and incontestably refutes this claim. btrfs belongs to Oracle.




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