From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Thu Sep 3 17:33:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DEB69CAFA2 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vijju.singh@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E19F3E30 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:33:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vijju.singh@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id DED289CAFA1; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:33:52 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE3709CAF9F; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:33:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vijju.singh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x22f.google.com (mail-ig0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9847E2F; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 17:33:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vijju.singh@gmail.com) Received: by igbkq10 with SMTP id kq10so54537459igb.0; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:33:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=wDM0p1h+Ph65B/lfjdxxKkE3U6VA4luo6krKOe9wuV0=; b=CLtXGOucJfoyDzavZzBbZBO5t16cNSv2gn9M0oyxVY4AefpoL1HYEqwy5NAhk5Pp6q bg6GWbnU9Lf7Ffft72EXn5AsNW3KG7SaGqChRsMYqTXvPJ1VjPnbFNIVETpwEZ5I39Cw p1Yu+8BUlTAjq9ExaYz43epb9ySeNsIBHagDwbgTMUAOKN1ivsuthuptnAyMjlotPUVF qaeDtI4NPQtkVuvCN4sAYuGrW3/FQmt6ntiak/f7YKpyi6NIjHkdddJYIMdzr+tHg47U wOJA4Fi/KAo+RR0x2OOaFOGTQUgwhEn3iR0ZeA4ObYi5U5XZ1n0d9i7w8Yi+8GN01s3K Ymfw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.30.106 with SMTP id r10mr15592090igh.69.1441301631865; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:33:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.137.233 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:33:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5BFB9010-159A-44EE-BB9A-A4E445383AA2@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:33:51 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GPL issues around OFED code in FreeBSD 9.1 From: Vijay Singh To: Garrett Cooper Cc: Hrishikesh Keremane , "hackers@freebsd.org" , "net@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:33:53 -0000 Someone told me that once the OFED code hit kernel.org the GPL is the only license that applies. Does anyone have insights about that? On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > On Aug 31, 2015, at 09:34, Hrishikesh Keremane via freebsd-hackers < > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > [Sorry for cross posting] > > > > Hi, > > > > We are working on a product(FreeBSD based) that would require RDMA over > iWARP and are considering using the OFED stack in FreeBSD 9.1. > > We will be making some changes to the OFED stack to customize it to our > requirements. > > > > The concern is regarding the implications of GPL licensing of OFED on > our code base. > > Has anyone worked with OFED in FreeBSD and/or is aware of the licensing > issues around it? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > Please include me in your replies as I am not subscribed to these lists. > > The OFED stack is BSD/GPLv2 dual licensed IIRC. the Mellanox import might > have made it 100% BSD licensed though. > > There's FreeBSD-infiniband@freebsd.org as well. It's a low traffic list, > but it might hit a better target audience in the future. > > Cheers, > -NGie > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >