From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: License switch to LGPL in 1.3 Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 21:52:48 -0700 Message-ID: <20130825215248.45ef0336@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: dev-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org To: =?UTF-8?B?0J3QuNC60L7Qu9Cw0Lkg0JLQu9Cw0LTRi9GI0LXQstGB0LrQuNC5?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-VfR2kkLFssw@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:48:15 -0500 =D0=9D=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=B9 =D0=92=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=B4=D1=8B= =D1=88=D0=B5=D0=B2=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 wrote: > Hi, > one of the changes in version 1.3 is the switch from BSD license to LGPL > and GPL , and being the developer able to chose one or another. May I ask > why this decision was taken? As I understand correctly, with this change, > we no longer can static link the binaries of our applications and embed in > our products unless we buy a license. Have the prices been already set for > it? >=20 > Nikolai When I asked the same issue, the answer from Intel was that the all the non= -kernel parts are still under the same BSD style license. The only GPL par is the k= ernel drivers (igb_uio and kni). It probably should be split into separate packag= es for clarity.