Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 13:18:32 -0700 From: Jeff Meegan <jeffm@frob.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org>, "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org>, Hrishikesh Keremane <hr1sh1@yahoo.com>, "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Vijay Singh <vijju.singh@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GPL issues around OFED code in FreeBSD 9.1 Message-ID: <7FF6BFC8-0031-4E40-AB38-75B5FD4EF466@frob.org> In-Reply-To: <CAFOYbcmp%2BSVMjsm9knD8BxZ5Sk09RDGQ66Oko1E6t-zJY-d-Dw@mail.gmail.com> References: <5BFB9010-159A-44EE-BB9A-A4E445383AA2@yahoo.com> <C0A50BDF-6AD3-4006-B954-66385F8DACD0@gmail.com> <CALCNsJT-XLY2MpxOs4Ls=GLX8r16bBXyMjUU4Nnj%2BwXRBcwidA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHM0Q_NGttERk%2BmaOz9V5-FXD5krRcZ5zGLsqLG7ooTzmzAn0A@mail.gmail.com> <CAFOYbcmp%2BSVMjsm9knD8BxZ5Sk09RDGQ66Oko1E6t-zJY-d-Dw@mail.gmail.com>
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According to their EULA, it is BSD licensed. http://www.mellanox.com/page/mlnx_ofed_eula?mtag=linux_sw_drivers <http://www.mellanox.com/page/mlnx_ofed_eula?mtag=linux_sw_drivers>; —j > On Sep 3, 2015, at 1:07 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > > We (meaning Intel when I was still there) raised this issue with George a > long time ago, I'm not sure > what the resolution was. > > If Mellanox is the owner then they should have released the code somewhere > without any > GPL license in it, as Intel does with code they multi-license. > > Jack > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:07 PM, K. Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On Sep 3, 2015 10:33 AM, "Vijay Singh" <vijju.singh@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> 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? >> >> That sounds bizarre since mellanox wrote the code and explicitly dual >> licensed. >> >> The problem you *do* run in to is code creep. The Linux internal interfaces >> are almost certainly totally undocumented, so a clean room reimplementation >> as they change or bugs get fixed - changing behaviors - is not possible. >> Over time the tendency is to copy and paste from Linux to OFED or the shim >> layer creating real ambiguity about provenance. In practice it's not so >> much of a problem because Linus tends to adhere to an interpretation of the >> GPLv2 that is not vendor unfriendly the way some of his lieutenants would >> prefer (see Greg's efforts to call closed source drivers derived works). >> >> Nonetheless, if you're paranoid an audit is in order. >> >> Cheers. >> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> >>> 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" >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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