From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] Add Paravirtual RDMA Driver Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:32:01 -0600 Message-ID: <20160916163201.GC13911@obsidianresearch.com> References: <1473655766-31628-1-git-send-email-aditr@vmware.com> <20160912180251.GH5843@obsidianresearch.com> <20160914173636.GA10309@obsidianresearch.com> <9C6B67F36DCAFC479B1CF6A967258A8C7DE14CE8@ORSMSX115.amr.corp.intel.com> <9C6B67F36DCAFC479B1CF6A967258A8C7DE14D3E@ORSMSX115.amr.corp.intel.com> <20160914225910.GB3567@obsidianresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Adit Ranadive , "dledford@redhat.com" , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" , pv-drivers , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-pci@vger.kernel.org" , "Jorgen S. Hansen" , Aditya Sarwade , George Zhang , Bryan Tan To: "Woodruff, Robert J" Return-path: Received: from quartz.orcorp.ca ([184.70.90.242]:39614 "EHLO quartz.orcorp.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935781AbcIPQcH (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:32:07 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160914225910.GB3567@obsidianresearch.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 04:59:10PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > package follows that licensing model for accepting any new code into > > that combined repo ? > > As with the kernel we'd discourage 're-licensing' existing files. > > However, since this is not a OFA project, I, personally, would not > turn away a GPLv2 compatible contribution, but I am proposing that the > 'default' license for the project be OFA compatible. I should be clearer here. I am *strongly* opposed to anything that changes the license of the existing 4 core libraries away from the GPLv2 or OpenIB.org situation we have today. (that includes to other varients of the BSD license) I just checked and we appear to be completely OK on this point today. Jason