From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-f54.google.com (mail-pa0-f54.google.com [209.85.220.54]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 421E6567A for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:31:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: by pablk4 with SMTP id lk4so66822652pab.3 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:31:44 -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=DyO3u7Yin2J3w3Z9QUhybOvaA+rVgNOMo59k0ncmw8g=; b=Ig7ZVuLN/KbCvxMZxYk6FoXoFFCTkwYYPveq0OL9OkzKZqStVA7yOLZS1bovTsTpda yo9TL2ZpuQJYDFcbmI2SX/svlsYrWATVSS3COEyFxG5IFqlb/mD6FxjWSPLG6Os59wTa 8w5SBdZBeW6p2ZnVhqSxH5t9CjqtocoRG0Tg/zVFF6zeUla4m0mXNKpK2KOuGBq0zJXf qBQNikMToRb4kuFEhE5NZanSR0kUT0cS1UDI3FCiW8Awmp9ehlR9t9g4EGVPM1kGzo6F 7WHmhx5kS5tzUaSy7idHrib16uAaaocihVIgQVB275VPOsftqRzZnWG3mVZRvz/gGmJf E+ag== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkmPCKoK/Pqj7bvBMYA3281BFkm0QB/6NZho8c6WeINSbXljfA+rlX42deltUtzbt/u6zr+ X-Received: by 10.68.114.196 with SMTP id ji4mr24386599pbb.46.1443418304465; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:31:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from urahara (static-50-53-82-155.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net. [50.53.82.155]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id xa4sm16840714pac.28.2015.09.27.22.31.44 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:31:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:31:54 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Jim Thompson Message-ID: <20150927223154.33f84045@urahara> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] GPL/LGPL .vs BSD license 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: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 05:31:45 -0000 On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 20:44:41 -0500 Jim Thompson wrote: > The following files have LGPL or GPL licenses. I can see the libretto_eal and the four files that are part of DTS being GPL, but there others seem like a mistake. > Especially the docs, and the presence of the LICENSE.LGPL file. > > Is it possible to clean these up and make them BSD licensed? > > Jim No. KNI, Xen, and IGB UIO must be GPL licensed since they are kernel drivers. The other stuff header files should be dual licensed. > # QEMU Guest Agent Client > ./dts/dep/QMP/qemu-ga-client > ./dts/dep/QMP/qmp.py > > Came from Scapy > ./dts/dep/lldp.py > > Texttable Framework (LGPL) > ./dts/framework/texttable.py > > These are part of DPDK proper: > ./dpdk/LICENSE.LGPL > ./dpdk/app/test/test_mempool.c > ./dpdk/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst > ./dpdk/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst > ./dpdk/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst > ./dpdk/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/img/l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup.png > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_feature_defs.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_features.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_ids.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/COPYING > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat_ethtool.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/COPYING > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_ethtool.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_dev.h > ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_misc.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.c > ./dpdk/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.h > ./dpdk/pkg/dpdk.spec >