From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD56D42865; Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:07:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5999140EDF; Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:07:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com (out5-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97001400D6 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:07:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC51A5C00AC; Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:07:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:07:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s=fm2; t= 1680098851; x=1680185251; bh=UKMQrgxtc76YYejJ3ZyPDrDss4TtLwKR/ku 0ypNMg2w=; b=fsGkgGl7rA1LaWVoeff3Ny8WT7i1doNgQGnSijMUAwL5UgHnaI+ VbzoB/cgpj+skQ2lXOQf7AX9A1bl0s56FnWDZBb4hWn8zMw5YH8NK7pe7Nve5df4 b6KN+S5EjAeKP2U6tiRDEXvBHeK+GBylGqpAZkZ1nQjJQDooYeBA197bbfAejixj yENJ3wYJAErqLIQhoLS4UPE67ULQyqyQ9iqdqgZ0s8jTXl3WlP14F8o7iEKMIa7m +dSHgrHDXFCSgjlKpP1AxitOkSevP8CUemTiCeKGtwN6Cq0ut+Q4MOdZ0CxkTV4L rUahwT+htkNHDFWXfG++L9pdkJcEMzCu3lw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id :from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t= 1680098851; x=1680185251; bh=UKMQrgxtc76YYejJ3ZyPDrDss4TtLwKR/ku 0ypNMg2w=; b=WadnvW7W+yNCZllHRmr438SRfFel/PiWLN+NckUbukNAE9MpXpc VGZ/SUMWXJokpkfrKjPIJWWB0Nn2VDI+CV25O0fCe8b9ZDaZZC4i4MqUyejyNGHf EPcuU1noruE3zkjVkCwtSAccx3lmF1Ond1HwmOurwgJH8Z/533UOlMJUh4j4WUJm RMVVHgIRYnvaE/L90aR5jiJ2FHJHAllqKwyZUAzoeJEX+UKvW9PbC41NGatagi3t +udFfvrIJu4Aj9pvY1BaLrQ1fgnINx+SSFINXaWV4D/ufErmLhqmJY7Bzl/qrwid mrVIpb0wlZ143lmtWwDec/lSmzcJhW9+mKQ== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvdehiedgjeefucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvvefufffkjghfggfgtgesthfuredttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepvfhhohhm rghsucfoohhnjhgrlhhonhcuoehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvghtqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedtjeeiieefhedtfffgvdelteeufeefheeujefgueetfedttdei kefgkeduhedtgfenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghlohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i47234305:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:07:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ferruh Yigit , "Zhang, Qi Z" , "Wu, Jingjing" , "Xing, Beilei" , "Guo, Junfeng" Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Rushil Gupta , Joshua Washington , Jeroen de Borst Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net/gve: update copyright holders Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:07:28 +0200 Message-ID: <2436497.uoxibFcf9D@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <20230328020826.1269570-1-junfeng.guo@intel.com> <106c9b78-3050-0187-d8ec-44ac19dbc7bc@amd.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org 28/03/2023 11:35, Guo, Junfeng: > The background is that, in the past (DPDK 22.11) we didn't get the approval > of license from Google, thus chose the MIT License for the base code, and > BSD-3 License for GVE common code (without the files in /base folder). > We also left the copyright holder of base code just to Google Inc, and made > Intel as the copyright holder of GVE common code (without /base folder). > > Today we are working together for GVE dev and maintaining. And we got > the approval of BSD-3 License from Google for the base code. > Thus we dicided to 1) switch the License of GVE base code from MIT to BSD-3; > 2) add Google LLC as one of the copyright holders for GVE common code. Do you realize we had lenghty discussions in the Technical Board, the Governing Board, and with lawyers, just for this unneeded exception? Now looking at the patches, there seem to be some big mistakes like removing some copyright. I don't understand how it can be taken so lightly. I regret how fast we were, next time we will surely operate differently. If you want to improve the reputation of this driver, please ask other copyright holders to be more active and responsive.