The increase in cost for the spec is rather unfortunate but I think it's orthogonal to any IP issues. Since the Linux kernel contains a lot of code written to specs available only under NDA (and even reverse-engineered code where specs are completely unavailable), I don't think the expense should be an issue.
As for IP, as far as I know, there has been no change to any of the bylaws or other members agreements. If there is some specific provision that concerns you, please bring it to our attention -- the IBTA in general and the IBTA steering committee in general have been very supportive of the OpenIB effort. In fact, most of the IBTA steering commitee companies (Agilent, HP, IBM, InfiniCon, Intel, Mellanox, Sun, Topspin, and Voltaire) have been active participants in OpenIB development. I would hope we can resolve any issues relating to open source and the Linux kernel. However, I would suspect that we'll find the USB, Firewire, Bluetooth, etc., etc. standards bodies all have very similar IP language in their bylaws and licenses. Thanks, Roland _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general