netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] Add Paravirtual RDMA Driver

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Message-ID: <20160916163201.GC13911@obsidianresearch.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:32:01 -0600
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
To:     "Woodruff, Robert J" <robert.j.woodruff@...el.com>
Cc:     Adit Ranadive <aditr@...are.com>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        pv-drivers <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Jorgen S. Hansen" <jhansen@...are.com>,
        Aditya Sarwade <asarwade@...are.com>,
        George Zhang <georgezhang@...are.com>,
        Bryan Tan <bryantan@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] Add Paravirtual RDMA Driver

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