From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Doug Ledford Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] update ocrdma to dual license Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:08:57 -0400 Message-ID: <559D9169.1040009@redhat.com> References: <20150701072120.GB31381@infradead.org> <2807E5FD2F6FDA4886F6618EAC48510E110A880D@CRSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150703155234.GA6099@infradead.org> <20150708080108.GB5668@infradead.org> <559D7FA9.1040200@redhat.com> <20150708200212.GA28030@infradead.org> <559D84C4.2030303@redhat.com> <20150708202500.GA7938@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="AiNLXAfrW4JTddlD9vdDQ4PSBvJQfCO3a" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150708202500.GA7938-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Devesh Sharma , "Weiny, Ira" , "linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --AiNLXAfrW4JTddlD9vdDQ4PSBvJQfCO3a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/08/2015 04:25 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 04:15:00PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: >> On 07/08/2015 04:02 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>> So how about someone tells OFED to stop trying to enforce this BS? >> >> Unfortunately, simply "not enforcing" a bylaw of a multi-company >> organization isn't really a valid option, you should know that. You >> have to work to change the bylaw, which usually involves its own >> draconian process. >=20 > Looks like it's time to get that started. If they care to, then I'm sure they can. Unlike you, they might consider the dual license a benefit. > Or just tell OFED to piss off > because they really shouldn't be able to have that sort of influence > over code in the Linux kernel. OFED is a distribution made by the EWG that is a working group of the OFA. You can't tell OFED to piss off, it's an inanimate object. You *could* tell the EWG or OFA to do so. However, they don't really have influence over the linux kernel except that their members contribute more code to the RDMA stack than all other contributors combined by orders of magnitude. If an individual code contributor (read Avagotech) decides that they wish to comply with the EWG bylaws and make their own code compliant (read ocrdma driver), I have no problem with that. If this weren't their code, or if they weren't actively maintaining it and the primary contributors to its ongoing changes, it would be a different issue. But that's not the case, So I'm not inclined to take the stance you are. And since I know they are currently pursuing due diligence on getting permission to do so, I'm inclined to block further patches from non-Avagotech addresses until either the change is complete or abandoned.= --=20 Doug Ledford GPG KeyID: 0E572FDD --AiNLXAfrW4JTddlD9vdDQ4PSBvJQfCO3a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVnZFpAAoJELgmozMOVy/dbUYP/1STuq0FJfO54xjLxjb9U4el BdwUAzx79CLTLnm3qn3nWM0eT0p/jAgOHDDkmEfw4XY64RPbH1H1zt6TjIb5pSM9 RieDpWDAJYFHqXC+A8a4+dx24ueDem2Sxk4JzyEd6cajBXH1O9nfx7D/zP7eVmbi EBPN4SIJGeJIOIb5fgIrptnTYN0VZsneA7M4b/nbrA97uNlMytwVtF5mqTHY23U/ EWuci8fAou0XMwwI3GlriDTS5JbqCwnFQSU6KcykcNySu15vtdTd2QcrjP1oqzjS t6FzVYHsbwNYt+OAh6jxp1dlfIA7zYbGL2mDuZBHULfVmaCWgjl1FYhRX3sL6W4G zxICiwpYUiky/yqwSFbh9d5k0l667x/eVZVw6aRa7HriuCx+gGaEd2U/v3LhzGYx 6JX7vFxC0OEVyB9k64+OPoc43giLhG5myDX9SsfXELutVSFRhiF7kW0k1LFn3gwo ABnuf5MD3e6IwJuqZ5U7p+O1p0aVosQ/smFZLRWLZmn9M5gObrUxyavCkf/O2+8L d+813bQcfSN/Q8XCuySZ66byD2UzIGf60XieCB80mY6/zuzFzE0Nv4aIf9YnqUZj Uu15aVhq+7bFNffEodKsZSI8eNlP4CbxpGJIyDL2IGD3Dg4MfSL0IrC2LA4yHEZz TE81ta+zJdnOgeu4rP1k =o27W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AiNLXAfrW4JTddlD9vdDQ4PSBvJQfCO3a-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html