Thank you, Paolo!

> On Oct 2, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Paolo Inaudi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I know what you are talking about, and what copyleft means. For my projects, 
> I default to it, because I like what implies. As long as I don't receive 
> contributions, I can change any time.
> 
> As I told, my initial thought wasn't about integrating into libfabric, nor I 
> would have expected all of you to be so eager to integrate it. There should 
> be no problem with changing the license now, and I will discuss with other 
> interested parties.
> 
> Paolo
> 
> Il 02/ott/2015 20:27, "Jeff Hammond" <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> 
> Il 02/10/2015 19:04, Woodruff, Robert J ha scritto:
>> I think he said LGPL not GPL, but the OFA prefers the dual BSD/GPL license.
> I did say LGPL.
> 
> 
> LGPL solves the problem for the end user who is linking the DLL, but not the 
> developer community, which is who you are trying to convey your code to.  The 
> source of your code is copyleft, which infects the minds of anyone that reads 
> it.  You probably think I am joking or exaggerating, but I am not.  You 
> should talk to lawyers at any company that sells software.
> 
> Jeff
> 
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