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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 21:56:08 +0530
From: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com>
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 03:27:27PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-10-18 17:04, Jerin Jacob:
> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 05:23:42PM -0400, Dave Neary wrote:
> > > > I still hear concerns on this, and based on discussions with others who put their names to the post below, they do too. I think it's a perception that we need to address.
> > > 
> > > I would say that there is still a perception issue, for companies who
> > > look at the active developers, the owners of the project's resources
> > > (infra, domain name), and who have heard anecdotal evidence of issues in
> > > the past. I think the project has made a lot of progress since I have
> > > been following it, and I do not believe there are any major issues with
> > > the independence of the project. However, there are still concerned
> > > parties on this front, and the concerns can be easily addressed by a
> > > move to the LF.
> > 
> > +1
> 
> How can we solve issues if you don't give more details than
> "hear concerns" or "heard anecdotal evidence of issues"?

Honestly, I don't see any issue in the current DPDK project execution.
The concern was more towards the fact that multi-vendor infrastructure project
like DPDK owned and controlled by the single company.

We believe, Moving to LF will fix that issue/perception and it will
enable more users to use/consume/invest DPDK in their products.
Having said that, Does anyone see any issue in moving to LF?
If yes, Then we should enumerate the issues and discuss further.

Jerin