[openib-general] PathScale license

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 06:34:38PM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The PathScale OpenIB license includes the following which
> > is beyond the normal OpenIB license:
> >
> >  * Patent licenses, if any, provided herein do not apply to
> >  * combinations of this program with other software, or any other
> >  * product whatsoever.
> 
> ??? What the heck could this mean? This kind of comment, lacking any real
> explanation, can cause trouble for a vendor -- it causes worries for
> customers. Customer worries can lead to customers looking to other
> vendors. I had hoped we had gotten past this 'one wrong move and I kill
> myself' aspect of the IB vendor community.

Yepp.  Second problem is that this is not GPL-compatible so we
definitly couldn't out the code into the kernel tree with this license.