[openib-general] Re: udapl copyrights and OpenIB

[James Lentini]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Hal Rosenstock wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 09:40, James Lentini wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Arlin & James,
> > > 
> > > The udapl code appears to have the original license on it. Should it
> > > have the OpenIB copyright ?
> > 
> > What is the OpenIB copyright? 
> 
> It is the dual GPL/BSD license.

My understanding is as follows: A copyright and a license are 
different. A copyright gives the creator the right to license the 
code.
 
> > Like other OpenIB code, the uDAPL code can be taken under either a BSD 
> > license or GPLv2. uDAPL also allows the code to be licensed under the 
> > Common Public License 1.0.
> 
> What license is actually on the uDAPL files themselves ?

The license text gives a user the option of any of the three licenses:

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2003, Network Appliance, Inc. All rights 
 * reserved.
 *
 * This Software is licensed under one of the following licenses:
 *
 * 1) under the terms of the "Common Public License 1.0" a copy of 
 *    which is available from the Open Source Initiative, see
 *    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php.
 *
 * 2) under the terms of the "The BSD License" a copy of which is
 *    available from the Open Source Initiative, see
 *    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php.
 *
 * 3) under the terms of the "GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 
 *    2" a copy of which is available from the Open Source Initiative, 
 *    see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php.
 *
 * Licensee has the right to choose one of the above licenses.
 *
 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 * notice and one of the license notices.
 *
 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce both the above 
 * copyright notice, one of the license notices in the documentation
 * and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 */