Re: [PATCH] eal: add getline() function for Windows

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

21/05/2025 02:35, Andre Muezerie:
> 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?

No matter the compatibility agreed or not in courts,
if the licence is different we note it as an exception,
so it is crystal clear for users of DPDK.
We don't want to have any surprise and we avoid exceptions,
that's why the Governing Board has to accept it.