[openfabrics-ewg] Request for assistance from DWG
Michael S. Tsirkin
mst at mellanox.co.il
Mon Jan 15 10:57:51 PST 2007
> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 12:47 -0500, James Lentini wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Steve WIse wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 12:33 -0500, James Lentini wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Steve WIse wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The ipath stuff listed below is from the old svn iwarp branch and can be
> > > > > ignored.
> > > > >
> > > > > The cxgb3 code is an oversight.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've added the correct MODULE_LICENSE() macro to the ULLD going into
> > > > > OFED 1.2. What else do I need to do?
> > > >
> > > > Do you have the standard dual license text at the top of
> > > > net/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c?
> > > >
> > > > I don't see the net/cxgb3 directory in your git trees. Where are the
> > > > sources for it?
> > >
> > >
> > > the driver is in drivers/net/cxgb3
> > >
> > >
> > > The top comments say 'see the license file included in the release'. Is
> > > that sufficient?
> >
> > I'm not a lawyer, but referencing an external license file is common
> > practice.
> >
> > Where is the LICENSE file? I don't see it in the drivers/net/cxgb3
> > directory.
>
> Quoting Steve WIse <swise at opengridcomputing.com>:
> Subject: Re: Request for assistance from DWG
>
> I would assume the ofed pkg would have the license file.
But there's still the question of what license does chelsio, as a copyright holder,
release it under. I am not a lawyer, but license terms *should* be clear to
nonlawyers, too.
Steve, please just stick the actual licensing terms in each file, there's no real
reason I can see to save this bit of space.
--
MST
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