On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 06:34:38PM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The PathScale OpenIB license includes the following which > > is beyond the normal OpenIB license: > > > > * Patent licenses, if any, provided herein do not apply to > > * combinations of this program with other software, or any other > > * product whatsoever. > > ??? What the heck could this mean? This kind of comment, lacking any real > explanation, can cause trouble for a vendor -- it causes worries for > customers. Customer worries can lead to customers looking to other > vendors. I had hoped we had gotten past this 'one wrong move and I kill > myself' aspect of the IB vendor community.
Yepp. Second problem is that this is not GPL-compatible so we definitly couldn't out the code into the kernel tree with this license. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
