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Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 17:35:17 -0700
From: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal: add getline() function for Windows
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On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:14:33AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon,  5 May 2025 13:40:07 -0700
> Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > Existing DPDK code uses getline(), which is a POSIX function and is
> > not available in the Windows APIs.
> > 
> > Instead of rewriting it or coming up with some other replacement, this
> > patch makes use of the implementation provided by NetBSD to make it
> > possible to compile code dependent on getline on Windows.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
> 
> Not sure, are BSD-2 and BSD-3 compatible?
> Getting license exception approved requires going through the governing board
> which can take up to 6 months.

Hi Stephen, I would appreciate some guidance here.

My understanding is that in general, BSD-2 licensed code can be used in BSD-3
licensed projects, as long as the BSD-2 license is retained in the original
 (BSD-2) files.

I do see that BSD-2 was listed in the exception table (for getopt function). It's
not clear to me why it needed to be listed as an exception, but if that was
needed, it indicates that the same should be done for getline(). Is that not
the case?