[openib-general] Re: Opensm - casting issues #2

[Fab Tillier]

> From: Ronald G Minnich [mailto:rminnich at lanl.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:11 AM
> 
> Roland Dreier wrote:
> 
> > Actually I think the issue was somewhat different.  Microsoft is so
> > allergic to the GPL that they asked for the code to be in a physically
> > separate repository.
> >
> 
> that makes much more sense, ah, well, not really, but it is easier to
> understand. I doubt the Labs would have any objection to Windows code.

Sandia did object, so we found an alternate host for the Windows SVN repository.

> Actually, I kind of wish that the code were all at openib.org. Should we
> really pay that much heed to requests of this sort if it makes life hard
> for openib people?

The code is all under the openib.org domain.  The Windows SVN repository is at
svn://windows.openib.org.

Given the goals of the Windows project, heeding Microsoft's requests made sense.

- Fab