netdev - Re: [PATCH for-rc] uapi: Fix SPDX tags for files referring to the 'OpenIB.org' license

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Message-Id: <20180422.210823.1454088204642743739.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:08:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jgg@...lanox.com
Cc:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, kstewart@...uxfoundation.org,
        pombredanne@...b.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, swinslow@...uxfoundation.org,
        santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davejwatson@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-rc] uapi: Fix SPDX tags for files referring to the
 'OpenIB.org' license

From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:49:10 -0600

> Based on discussion with Kate Stewart this license is not a
> BSD-2-Clause, but is now formally identified as Linux-OpenIB
> by SPDX.
> 
> The key difference between the licenses is in the 'warranty'
> paragraph.
> 
> if_infiniband.h refers to the 'OpenIB.org' license, but
> does not include the text, instead it links to an obsolete
> web site that contains a license that matches the BSD-2-Clause
> SPX. There is no 'three clause' version of the OpenIB.org
> license.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>