From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89CDAA0527; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:43:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D9A1BFBD; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:43:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f194.google.com (mail-pf1-f194.google.com [209.85.210.194]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F5A61BFBD for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:42:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f194.google.com with SMTP id x72so9470971pfc.6 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:42:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YKSKiHrSM+0i0632yQZ3A9SkXBwzNcaUIy+1YF9Pqqw=; b=kQk/2HvQdfk2METG7ivA+Oh6TYsTFARgfPdcXO/of1EXnBNjEuUKN5ir/h+V8zh1ew BNVZOpaocEb9rZoMHsKdHgv72bfpgz3LuqQIHwPeBtot8VxMo8sIHPRCTZU4vpaqQoTG m8rViX9kSPD8etJwsjMQl03eF0HBK8kEXHNVmxwLdT8NYNguK3ziCNR9rB3j/eUeO5Ym t4oNjzeG3uVxU+ABG0FqjYiatKDs1TwvUL/bAMdFf/TVWSD0zcfUEnIItIWWaR0Q0do5 w7ysZkpPdcDTjj0wIoqRN9dP8vKDPzntPQ16PuoCnE3SxcMhpNYfHLvYtXoJ/BDodptU gFWw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YKSKiHrSM+0i0632yQZ3A9SkXBwzNcaUIy+1YF9Pqqw=; b=T/+ESgGBY4UPzKjhA8LA4Bhy2eVto7eOldmuyZUwEYaBESccuUh5aMsy3gxSKK8Vc/ b6WQXss/FZIuGqzWAdccVA3SyKES7kYFFgx4dfImhLM8VftnQicSchhqN+E5NA9j4jOe 63C/fbLWGe0A7bZ4P0W3sUWVbqG3hRp0E4XgW3bIVaMdFLsG/0Bzgd6y3Sti6dOSX882 8JebICaFeS60agkMDw2VHHxOtPTdqbmSwOmG/NJqBTKa87MiOwYYgw69YjavYF58zH/6 lystlsNZCMAaUfFm+7GDMy6okK/TUx3EVNk0ng7YKKEzEJtbAWLBIitANUYyw0XeIxLj zoFA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530SPkM0ns2wLtJFsOt2hiGGTKob9OW9z5KCZJQD85meAz4mHEZj kyjQ0JOwIbT3A1MsfE5XAlfPFA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwVmpoGmdVctWPl4ceAdh7irEYRDObY8FYsW0DovucCt3H0fJRFnHpdom3RRsc/mmzAOg3NBA== X-Received: by 2002:a63:c603:: with SMTP id w3mr19577546pgg.284.1595270578476; Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h194sm17788728pfe.201.2020.07.20.11.42.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:42:50 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Hemant Agrawal Cc: Thomas Monjalon , Sachin Saxena , "dev@dpdk.org" , Ferruh Yigit , "techboard@dpdk.org" Message-ID: <20200720114250.03add6c9@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: References: <20200710171946.23246-1-hemant.agrawal@nxp.com> <20200711081716.25173-1-hemant.agrawal@nxp.com> <69e3b354-ca32-e109-8385-ffc6b973f0cc@intel.com> <11996214.pnvohz1kia@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/8] net/dpaa: add support for fmlib in dpdk X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 04:50:37 +0000 Hemant Agrawal wrote: > >But most importantly, the licensing has not been agreed in techboard and govboard. > > [Hemant] you are wrong here. Which license difference are you talking about? Standard licenses do not need techboard and govboard approval. > /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0) is the approved license. It have been used in DPDK since long. > DPDK exception file states: > Note that following licenses are not exceptions:- > - BSD-3-Clause > - Dual BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0 > - Dual BSD-3-Clause OR LGPL-2.1 > - GPL-2.0 (*Only for kernel code*) > Any base code which is shared among kernel and Userspace space - mostly likely will have this kind dual license only. > Note: you don't add "Dual" word while stating SPDX string - it is implicit. The keyword Dual is actually not needed in SPDX, and the paren's are not needed. The proper form of dual license should match what kerne is doing. https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules.html But DPDK seems to like (extra) parenthesis for no good reason.