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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe
	<jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	yishaih-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-core 4/5] libocrdma: Move ocrdma's list implementation into common directory
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:14:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160926221440.GA5878@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160926174057.GD22965-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 11:40:57AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> Copyright isn't a patent,

I know very well, thanks..

> assuming freebsd didn't copy any code and
> just implemented the same API independently (eg it is an Independent
> Creation) they should be OK from a copyright perspective.

That's a big IF, as I'm honestly not sure it is.  I don't want to blame
anywone because I really don't know but if I had to decided to use it
or not I would error on the safe side.

> As should be
> Rusty's version in CCAN.

That's a much safer choice.  It's a lightly different API, though.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-09-26 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-25  6:50 [PATCH rdma-core 0/5] Add directory to place common code and move trivial functions into it Leon Romanovsky
     [not found] ` <1474786207-2149-1-git-send-email-leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-25  6:50   ` [PATCH rdma-core 1/5] cmake: Update build instructions in CmakeList Leon Romanovsky
2016-09-25  6:50   ` [PATCH rdma-core 2/5] utils: Create utils directory to put all common code and move min/max into it Leon Romanovsky
     [not found]     ` <1474786207-2149-3-git-send-email-leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-26  7:05       ` Leon Romanovsky
     [not found]         ` <20160926070520.GJ4088-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-26 17:17           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-09-26 17:20       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-09-25  6:50   ` [PATCH rdma-core 3/5] utils: Remove container_of and offset local declarations Leon Romanovsky
     [not found]     ` <1474786207-2149-4-git-send-email-leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-26 15:32       ` Hefty, Sean
2016-09-26 17:27       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-09-25  6:50   ` [PATCH rdma-core 4/5] libocrdma: Move ocrdma's list implementation into common directory Leon Romanovsky
     [not found]     ` <1474786207-2149-5-git-send-email-leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-25 14:41       ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]         ` <20160925144121.GA12246-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-25 16:13           ` Leon Romanovsky
     [not found]             ` <20160925161315.GD4088-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-25 16:22               ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]                 ` <20160925162203.GA32434-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-25 17:50                   ` Bart Van Assche
2016-09-26 17:40                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                     ` <20160926174057.GD22965-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-26 22:14                       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
     [not found]                         ` <20160926221440.GA5878-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-26 22:23                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                             ` <20160926222319.GA2358-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-27 16:14                               ` Yishai Hadas
     [not found]                                 ` <ff764b75-19af-340b-7228-328462c524ae-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-27 18:03                                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-09-25 22:05               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-09-25  6:50   ` [PATCH rdma-core 5/5] libmlx5: Convert libmlx5 to use common list implementation Leon Romanovsky

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