You know the real reason behind this was to get a GPL2'd Samba that (other) people would be forced to support, right? Plenty hw manufacturers still won't touch

You know the real reason behind this was to get a GPL2'd Samba that (other) people would be forced to support, right? Plenty hw manufacturers still won't touch the GPLv3 Samba with a ten-foot pole but do not want to commit to support a fork themselves with all the CVEs it would entail over the years. By putting it in the kernel where it'll have high visibility and with some excuse about performance requirements, at least someone may take the bait later on and maintain this one for free. May even become more popular than Samba itself. Win win!