On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:20:22PM +0000, Woodruff, Robert J wrote: > >this new scheme works with >kernel.org 4.8, then it is possible > >that it could go into that OFED-4.8 Release, but again, we are > >still looking at the new scheme and evaluating how it affects >the > >community OFED. > > One other question. Jason, the OFA (and its members) want to > maintain the dual-license (BSD/GPL) for the code, as is the case for > all the code that was in the OFA git trees on the OFA server that > you pulled from.
The code in the OFA trees has a mixture of licenses. It is all GPLv2 compatible for sure, but there are at least three variations of the 'BSD' license. As far as I know, only the 2 clause OpenIB.org BSD license is approved for use in OFA projects. Someone from the board could correct me if I am wrong. This means the 3 projects with the BSD patent clause, hosted on the OFA servers, were already not conforming. As is Intels HFI1 driver which uses a three clause BSD license. > 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 think license enforcement of its members falls to the OFA. Doug may feel differently. Jason
