[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 2/5] [RFC] Infiniband: connection abstraction

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 11:17 -0800, Sean Hefty wrote:

> It's been brought up that when the OpenIB code is accepted into the kernel, it 
> has been accepted under the GPL license.

At least one kernel developer has asked me privately to get the
boilerplate language on source files clarified, to make it clear that
the dual BSD/GPL licensing is GPL-only for the Linux kernel, and the
user's choice of either in other cases.

>   The kernel developers have asked to 
> make this explicit in the code, either by modifying the license or exporting the 
> symbols as GPL only.

I think we'd be well-served to do both.

	<b