From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7356C433F5 for ; Tue, 17 May 2022 07:57:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=HE/5yTj3a9eEeGDuFBIKfM6f6F9ozQkejGz6eoRL+84=; b=deGSCPmSTWH8bB/HSXxj77713d EtiKSA1vuVhH9ek2JZEx/f7C2EovLzEhl5cSlAvon35XCBE4w99TJH7M2hOTIUYgG+yzPQIvlJe3i VusT25SkajOyDeC0+Aa8fz+BgdXsnbKCpCZKlNmLsylKCq/7r0K0fe72DJRf+kulPjjvKn42T25fN zsKIDvyL7W3Mvip1ukKEKzKrZjLfhMqo/DTfTjOz/bdHNquc4C/Wj2Lp6LspGT44ojAhzLXocRdwS R49C3O1FpZENAlWjh5qwaCM3aVuz+knSFpjgBPFi6l0RYToyEcnk79CFQQ6bAcH+Y1+dPY1iEUuY2 VH10ix8Q==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1nqs50-00CHqS-58; Tue, 17 May 2022 07:57:18 +0000 Received: from smtp-out1.suse.de ([195.135.220.28]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1nqs4x-00CHoV-3K for linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 17 May 2022 07:57:16 +0000 Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2004E21D9E; Tue, 17 May 2022 07:57:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_rsa; t=1652774233; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=HE/5yTj3a9eEeGDuFBIKfM6f6F9ozQkejGz6eoRL+84=; b=qwlr3QiS7i/mY8CNcp2PNSeN5edevXxQOhL5iVmsOG9OQHyIDyf5QJMSZNdIhPXqPpgOii BeGGhtvoXERmiW59WTg+DyCArBvApsVDpqxocdUwzB0WvdwDvWw0vFtHCMGgev2ivcvk0M X2uLwSnAGHXpI/NivJBRk3cERwucPJQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.de; s=susede2_ed25519; t=1652774233; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=HE/5yTj3a9eEeGDuFBIKfM6f6F9ozQkejGz6eoRL+84=; b=mCL+TUQSoekh8vdEp1ckAJmYLjMH9PfdY7csqzBz8TnzuxSF5M+Mmqb71NJjIauGBKY8pj fUIilkik8NeRgWDg== Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FEC113305; Tue, 17 May 2022 07:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([192.168.254.65]) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de with ESMTPSA id uHzgA1lVg2LTBAAAMHmgww (envelope-from ); Tue, 17 May 2022 07:57:13 +0000 Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 09:57:12 +0200 From: Daniel Wagner To: Keith Busch Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, Ming Lei , Sagi Grimberg , Hannes Reinecke , Martin Wilck , Belanger Martin , James Smart , Hanumanthu H Subject: Re: nvme-cli license clarification Message-ID: <20220517075712.262gqfbyaylufl33@carbon> References: <20220516161608.of4tklsysuvgbtie@carbon.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20220517_005715_306920_5C26F656 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 17.12 ) X-BeenThere: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-nvme" Errors-To: linux-nvme-bounces+linux-nvme=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 10:21:03AM -0600, Keith Busch wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 06:16:08PM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote: > > 2. nvme.h > > > > The situation here is a bit simpler as Keith is 'owning' most > > of the lines (monolithic and master branch are almost identically) > > > > Copyright (c) 2011-2014, Intel Corporation > > > > I suppose someone from Intel needs to signed of the 'or any later > > version' thing. Keith do you happen to have a contact for this? > > I am not sure of who would be interested at Intel in this anymore. This was > initially just a copy of the Linux kernel's header, though, and diverged > significantly from there, but I guess we'd need to inherit the original's > GPLv2 only license? Indeed, there isn't much left from the uapi header. I see to options. The first is to accept this situation and mark nvme-cli as GPL-2.0-only or second we reimplement the necessary parts under GPL-2.0-or-later. Most of the content is just function declarations and the implementation is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. Do we really have to consider these declarations as GPL-2.0-only? So this could be moved to a new header file which is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later, I suppose. The rest of the file could be reimplemented fairly simple. What you think?