Re: [PATCH rdma-core 4/5] libocrdma: Move ocrdma's list implementation into common directory

Christoph Hellwig
2016-09-26T22:14:40Z

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.