On 4/12/2023 10:09 AM, Guo, Junfeng wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ferruh Yigit <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 16:50 >> To: Guo, Junfeng <[email protected]>; Richardson, Bruce >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected]; Zhang, Qi Z <[email protected]>; Rushil Gupta >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net/gve: update base code for DQO >> >> On 4/11/2023 7:51 AM, Guo, Junfeng wrote: >> >> Hi Junfeng, message moved down. >> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Rushil Gupta <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 12:59 >>>> To: Zhang, Qi Z <[email protected]>; [email protected] >>>> Cc: Richardson, Bruce <[email protected]>; [email protected]; >>>> Rushil Gupta <[email protected]>; Guo, Junfeng >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] net/gve: update base code for DQO >>>> >>>> Update gve base code to support DQO. >>>> >>>> This patch is based on this: >>>> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=27647&state=* >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Rushil Gupta <[email protected]> >>>> Signed-off-by: Junfeng Guo <[email protected]> >>> Hi Ferruh & Bruce, >>> >>> This patch contains few lines change for the MIT licensed gve base code. >>> Note that there is no new files added, just some minor code update. >>> >>> Do we need to ask for special approval from the Tech Board for this? >>> Please help give some advice and also help review this patch. Thanks! >>> >> >> Once the MIT license exception is in place, as far as I know no more >> approval is required per change. > > Got it, thanks the comment! > > Then we may also need your help to review, as well as the coming patch > set for GVE PMD enhancement for DPDK 23.07. Thanks in advance! > >> >>> BTW, Google will also help replace all the base code under MIT license >>> with the ones under BSD-3 license soon, which would make things more >>> easier. >>> >> >> Is this different from base code under DPDK is changing license [1] ? >> >> >> [1] >> https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=27570&state=%2A&ar >> chive=both >> > > The patch set of the above link only contains the processing of replace the > MIT licensed base code with the BSD-3 licensed base code. After some > discussion, we think Google is in the right place to do that work. And they > are working on that now. >
Is the Google GVE driver [2] in the process of changing license from MIT to BSD-3? [2] https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-virtual-ethernet-linux/tree/v1.3.0/google/gve > This patch is mainly for the feature upstreaming of DPDK 23.07. It contains > only the code part, following previous license statements, without any > license change. > > This patch is separated and sent by Google, to ensure there is no license > violation. > > BTW, about the feature of GVE PMD enhancement, the rest code are all > about BSD-3 licensed files, and that patch set will be sent out soon. > > Thanks!
