[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] infiniband-diags/mcm_rereg_test.c:Handle error when guid file not found

Yiftah Shahar yiftahs at voltaire.com
Mon Jun 9 21:45:09 PDT 2008


Hi Sasha,

I think we need to keep the dual license in any section of the Linux
code we can (officially in the OFED or not) so it can be use by other
projects without limitations (like WinOF).

I do not know if GPLv2 impose any issues with WinOF stack but why to
change something that is working.

Yiftah




> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org [mailto:general-
> bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Sasha Khapyorsky
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 00:33
> To: Hal Rosenstock
> Cc: general at lists.openfabrics.org
> Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] infiniband-
> diags/mcm_rereg_test.c:Handle error when guid file not found
> 
> On 12:33 Mon 09 Jun     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 22:26 +0300, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> > > > So is there a reason this can't be changed ?
> > >
> > > Personally I prefer to get a changes back to community and GPLv2
works
> > > better here.
> >
> > Me too but OpenFabrics has had this dual license since day one
AFAIR.
> 
> I know (but not for Windows btw). And this is what I meant by "non-OFA
> software" - I think some other code will not be able to enter OFA due
to
> this dual license restriction.
> 
> Sasha
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