FW: [openib-general] Minutes from DAPL BOF at OpenIB Workshop

[Matt Leininger]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:32 -0800, Ryan, Jim wrote:
> Tom Duffy wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:47 -0800, Woodruff, Robert J wrote:
> >>  Hi Arkady,
> >> 
> >> As I mentioned in the BOF, I have a person (Arlin Davis) that can
> >> help with developing a uDAPL provider for the openib.org verbs.
> >> After discussing it more
> >> with folks here, is seems to us that perhaps for the uDAPL user-mode
> >> library,  it be provided to openib.org under a dual BSD + LGPL
> >> library rather than a BSD + GPL since people normally want to use
> >> LGPL for libraries.
> > 
> > I think using an LGPL instead of GPL would require a change to the
> > openib.org bylaws.
> > 
> > Jim, is that right?
> > 
> > Honestly, if they are licensed BSD too, people can do whatever they
> > want.  BSD/GPL will be fine on these libraries, IMO.
> > 
> > -tduffy
> 
> Tom, good to hear from you. 
> 
> Yes, it would require a change in our bylaws which are very clear wrt
> GPL and BSD.
> 
> Please let me know if you'd like to discuss further. 
> 
  GPL/BSD sounds good to me.

	- Matt