[openib-general] Request for assistance from DWG

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> 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.

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MST