[Ofa_boardplus] OFED license statement

[Paul Grun]

Again Woody...I am not adverse to an email vote, but the conditions should be clearly stated.  My concern is the inadvertent creation of an unwanted precedent.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Woodruff, Robert J [mailto:robert.j.woodruff at intel.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 12:46 PM
>To: Paul Grun <grun at cray.com>; Andy Riebs <andy.riebs at hpe.com>;
>ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org
>Cc: Ryan, Jim <jim.ryan at intel.com>
>Subject: RE: [Ofa_boardplus] OFED license statement
>
>Jim can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that we have had email votes in
>the past when Jim Ryan was chair, using a process similar to what Susan has
>started with this one.
>
>Jim ?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ofa_boardplus [mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On
>Behalf Of Paul Grun
>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 12:41 PM
>To: Andy Riebs <andy.riebs at hpe.com>; ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org
>Subject: Re: [Ofa_boardplus] OFED license statement
>
>Whoa Nelly!  Before we get too far down the pipe here, and before we start
>seconding and voting, could someone please elaborate the rules under which we
>propose to hold this email vote?
>
>I'm not against the idea of an email vote at all, but we have pretty rigorous
>procedures for voting during con calls...what are the equivalent procedures here?
>
>- Is there an opportunity for discussion following the second?
>- at what point is the vote opened, and when does it close?
>- who is entitled to vote, and what are the quorum requirements?
>- is this going to become standard operating procedure, or is this a one time thing
>because we're under the gun with the OFED release?
>
>Again, I'm not adverse to an email vote, but it would behoove us to be sure we
>don't establish precedent that we really wish we hadn't.  Trust me on this...
>
>-Paul
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ofa_boardplus
>>[mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Andy
>>Riebs
>>Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 12:24 PM
>>To: ofa_boardplus at lists.openfabrics.org
>>Subject: Re: [Ofa_boardplus] OFED license statement
>>
>>HPE votes to accept this wording.
>>
>>On 03/06/2017 02:56 PM, Atchley, Scott wrote:
>>> Second (the motion, not the crap).
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 6, 2017, at 2:43 PM, Coulter, Susan K <skc at lanl.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Crap.
>>>>
>>>> As of 12:43 Mountain Time on March 6, the motion reads:
>>>>
>>>>>> The OFA accepts the nature of Linux kernel space code as GPLv2 and
>>>>>> user
>>space as dual-licensed (GPLv2 and BSD) and approves the release of OFED
>>3.18-3 with the following text included in a README.license file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "OFED is distributed as a source tarball and includes both user
>>>>>> space and
>>Linux kernel space code.  The Linux kernel space code contains some
>>dual- licensed files and some GPLv2-only files, resulting in a kernel
>>space product that is licensed GPLv2.  All user space code, however, is dual
>licensed (GPLv2 and BSD)."
>>>>>>
>>>> ==================================================
>>>> Susan Coulter / HPC-DES
>>>> Network Capability Lead
>>>> (505) 667-8425
>>>> “Once in a while you get shown the light
>>>>     In the strangest of places if you look at it right”  Robert
>>>> Hunter ==================================================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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