On 05/16/2016 07:49 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > [adding Linus and linux-kernel to Cc] > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 08:04:17PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: >> You submitted new files into the subsystem under GPL only license in >> contrast to the rest of the subsystem. This presents a problem. I'm in >> the position where I need to either revert them, or I need your >> permission to make them dual license GPL/BSD to match the rest of the >> subsystem. Were you intentionally trying to make the OFED work illegal, >> or just an oversight? > > Hi Doug, > > the RDMA code was developed for a GPLed driver and moved to the code, > and lots of people contributed to it under the GPL, as they assumed > Linux code in genral is. Іf dual-licensing is possible at all it would > require a lot of work, which I don't think is worth it. If you don't > want GPL code in the core rdma.ko module we can move it to a rdma-gpl.ko > module, but that would be a little bit odd. >
BTW, please keep me on the Cc: for any replies as I don't track
linux-kernel.
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