From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC5265A87 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 03:20:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2015 18:20:37 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,584,1427785200"; d="scan'208";a="740481199" Received: from pgsmsx102.gar.corp.intel.com ([10.221.44.80]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 09 Jun 2015 18:20:36 -0700 Received: from shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.239.4.154) by PGSMSX102.gar.corp.intel.com (10.221.44.80) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.224.2; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:20:27 +0800 Received: from shsmsx104.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.129]) by shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.2.165]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:20:26 +0800 From: "Zhang, Helin" To: Stephen Hemminger Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] Headers files with BSD license in kernel Thread-Index: AQHQouDNuNgpp2UEZkGpUC56gzpM952kFIwAgADSIsD//4NTAIAAhxoA Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:20:25 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20150609174057.GA4394@linux.intel.com> <20150609200936.GA3075@linux.intel.com> <20150609181528.0053039d@urahara> In-Reply-To: <20150609181528.0053039d@urahara> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 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 01:20:39 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 9:15 AM > To: Zhang, Helin > Cc: Miguel Bernal Marin; dev@dpdk.org; Bernal Marin, Miguel > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Headers files with BSD license in kernel >=20 > On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:42:59 +0000 > "Zhang, Helin" wrote: >=20 > > Hi Miguel > > > > My thought is there might be something wrong. Let's see what comments f= rom > 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 > > > > >=20 > You can always escalate a BSD license to GPL, but the other way is not al= lowed. > Ideally, the language on the file should make it clear that it is dual li= censed. > In an ideal world, igb_uio would go away, I am working on that. Yes, I agree with you. To be clearer, rte_pci_dev_feature_defs.h should be = in dual liceses, and rte_pci_dev_features.h should be in GPL license. Thanks, Helin