From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f181.google.com (mail-qc0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E0C65A87 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 03:15:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: by qcnj1 with SMTP id j1so12368166qcn.0 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:15:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=MiStO6W+0jYvIS7leO8sYM9ewveMVuUULTEUITkwPNk=; b=imFm5+CLNW1qAjuOZ6ojbkb2t0qyU0kGAngckLVgJEXWqHRj9luKdnn74yBPjeIBYq 20EcOjK9K6yPOUoK67bNZqyn9Vcn0+03W0LnocCZtaActVV0UCiYzaJgo0fcQOlIAyTU aFXlSbxAsZ12q/nDusvb1C+bfe1VMRTZqzaTk9L6S7f543xj5YWLpbrEMi9C0SuoRjcb dbDhJKjlfsgCFWe77gOINC0g8Cz45GzLA7/uWu2davYZWTffTdoD0sxOgv7/nu2Fb/bU I3RoGBA4LMUAiY9DpCT/OIkHzBcQ95GGcsvrcR668bYJqQLzVg9ukdElU76bScc2Ed96 JiKA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnf19K2SLfL/GGTDcx2O+hLcJYEyLsINY2AdH3AbEat4OdKCkkf0pEZaCgIrjLeH4NDO0OW X-Received: by 10.55.16.165 with SMTP id 37mr990547qkq.76.1433898927931; Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:15:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from urahara (static-50-53-82-155.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net. [50.53.82.155]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f4sm3490062qki.1.2015.06.09.18.15.26 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:15:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 18:15:28 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: "Zhang, Helin" Message-ID: <20150609181528.0053039d@urahara> In-Reply-To: References: <20150609174057.GA4394@linux.intel.com> <20150609200936.GA3075@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Bernal Marin, Miguel" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Headers files with BSD license in kernel X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:15:28 -0000 On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:42:59 +0000 "Zhang, Helin" wrote: > Hi Miguel > > My thought is there might be something wrong. Let's see what comments from other experts! > Thank you very much for the good catch! > > Regards, > Helin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Miguel Bernal Marin [mailto:miguel.bernal.marin@linux.intel.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 4:10 AM > > To: dev@dpdk.org > > Cc: david.marchand@6wind.com; Burakov, Anatoly; Zhang, Helin; Bernal Marin, > > Miguel > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Headers files with BSD license in kernel > > > > Including maintainers in CC > > > > On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 12:40:57PM -0500, Miguel Bernal Marin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm working on Clear Linux project, and when I was integrating DPDK > > > kernel modules to our kernel I found there are two headers with BSD > > > License > > > > > > rte_pci_dev_feature_defs.h > > > rte_pci_dev_features.h > > > > > > those are included in igb_uio module. > > > > > > Are those licenses correct? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Miguel > > > You can always escalate a BSD license to GPL, but the other way is not allowed. Ideally, the language on the file should make it clear that it is dual licensed. In an ideal world, igb_uio would go away, I am working on that.