@Xiang Xiao <[email protected]>
 we should ask the vendors

Hosting the code outside AFS is not an option if we want to co-maintain the
code

Best regards
Alin

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 10:27 AM Xiang Xiao <[email protected]>
wrote:

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>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM Alin Jerpelea <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> after reading both sides I tend to agree with both pros and cons so maybe
>> we can find a middle ground
>> if we host an vendor-HAL repository under NuttX, which is co-maintained
>> by NuttX committers and the vendor representatives
>> - we gain more hands
>> - better integration
>> - ability to share concerns and drive the change
>> - provide guidance and maintain an unified ecosystem for all vendors
>>
>> This would require that the code is transferred to ASF with a SGA from
>> each vendor and the licenses are granted as Apache 2.0
>>
>>
> It's hard or unacceptable to require that chip vendors transfer the code
> ownership to ASF,
> but I think hosting the code under https://github.com/NuttX doesn't
> require the transfer.
>
>

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