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Still, no one else did it... I mean, after RaiserFS, was there another FS released under GPL that was a viable alternative to EXT*?
XFS maybe?
XFS is such a non-starter.
Maybe...
Well, openZFS is quite good, but it's license is incompatible with the GPL
Yeah, that's why is not in the kernel, it's a separate package.
BTRFS, which works great as long as you accept its limitations.
Correct... don't like that, but yes, that is correct.
This can be said of cannibalism, fascism and the GoP also. Just, some have massive limitations you'll be accepting, but the statement is still true.