From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leon Romanovsky Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-core] Improve global COPYING files Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:10:03 +0300 Message-ID: <20160923171003.GR4088@leon.nu> References: <20160923041340.GA11269@obsidianresearch.com> <20160923080655.GM4088@leon.nu> <20160923152412.GB11269@obsidianresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JKGvNdIvrY8Ovf7Z" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160923152412.GB11269-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Doug Ledford List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org --JKGvNdIvrY8Ovf7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 09:24:12AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:06:55AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:13:40PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > Upon deeper analysis it seems there are two variations of the 'OpenIB.org BSD > > > license', I am calling them the MIT and FreeBSD variants. They differ only in > > > the text of the disclaimer. The MIT version is used widely as the source > > > license so that version should be the 'default' in the source tree, not the > > > FreeBSD version I had selected initially. > > > > > > Retain the FreeBSD version as we will refer to it in future commits. > > > > > > Elaborate the COPYING file to discuss the license situation in > > > more depth. > > > > I doubt that we have appropriate knowledge to come with meaningful > > conclusion after "discussion". It is legal issue which should be > > handled by relevant legal departments. > > Hi Leon, > > I think the commit message was not clear, let me try again: > > [PATCH] Document copyright situation and select default license > > This patch is not intended to change the copyright or license > situation of any of the original code. > > Documentation is provided that identifies the various licenses we > have in the source tree. > > The default license for new items after the 'Initial commit' merge is > corrected to match the majority license already in use. This is the > license we recommend all new code use. This corrects a mistake I made > in the 'Unified CMake build system' patch which selected the wrong > license file. > > Also provide specific guidance on how the 18 different COPYING files > and per-file copyright headers are intended to be interpreted > within the merged tree. > > ======= > > As you know I've sent emails to various parties on licensing issues, > as those issues are corrected we can update the tree and the copying > summary. > > We've already had success correcting one mistake from Intel and > Chelsio, thank you very much to those companies. > > It is important we clearly document the current situation so our > downstreams can properly distribute this code. I sure that this question will sound dumb for you, but can we unify all code under OFA's licenses (dual-license)? I don't feel comfortable with this multi-license situation. > > Jason --JKGvNdIvrY8Ovf7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJX5WHrAAoJEORje4g2clinw5kQAIua4AkTN0xXEiYAmCtFd5Tt U6FN23Q/MxjfkHJy1gdyPeSNOVO382uhU8YUBDhOAJDxkr+e5J3jUcZGqEKZ3a9U d77Uu7mBi8SoHenUIk7llg11adLuchFbu5epDsH+GfMnFb0GUO7fnJzq5YPwn4rC lDSdDov0+Hk1wu9EJkOuT1M2KRc9k/gi2AvP750PxLhXM6K71Ps5trA4QeRI2+0u R/rvPqYXuVIwX5l1gtBc5EbXCCGP4YNRczUdETrSRGcksrtj3BjERKRMXoUZoeak QsHXBWiVFi3GI3TBny8zMZUeXYDnEne7MPl5jf8N/oc2yE7pAarCvCicNxbnjUwV x6XSpAksY1pbHi/Wz7AMrKg3qW2Uq7c9xaQTQuesSwBWKAoeH6m5DjWhichsLNgJ 5AnGylgnWAR2Yc6SyMh6Emp1pq5kULH37v+fixHn8SxuV8A7FJ5Yr5nt7egA+1/F eiE0PmCI8li5a0fHjsMnVyfNwLQOSFOqE1gdp4pv8kQE6mKfFJjjMU71QkrvCg4o +WciYFosrNap++DTOuzGbJVxh2v8ljq38rWBebsYLJqIAQ/vjMQblHxRNZ9g5smJ cpoVK1pMyQUVeq7BobZycJrxxHjDZUzJ3+TBYcgGZpxpEUMJphhDflAwcwNMg/oa YBg461wezWTfkVAeYMlP =HGL0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JKGvNdIvrY8Ovf7Z-- -- 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