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

[Matt L. Leininger]

On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 10:38 -0700, Fab Tillier wrote:
> > 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.
> 

  It was more than just Sandia.  But with the big different between the
linux and windows stack having separate repositories made sense at the
time.

  - Matt