[ewg] FW: Some NetApp concerns re licensing terms WRT code contributed to OFED

[Bill Boas]

 

 

From: Heller, Jeffrey [mailto:jeffrey.hel...@netapp.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 3:15 PM
To: Bill Boas 
Subject: Re: Some NetApp concerns re licensing terms WRT code contributed to 
OFED

 

Her is a pointer to a file with the license from the linux kernel. As you can 
see the key to our problem is "This software is available to you under a choice 
of one of two licenses” and for linux the coice is clear. There is nothing that 
says both licenses have to be preserved.

 

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c?id=30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44

 

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Voltaire Inc.  All rights reserved.
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2005, Network Appliance, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * Copyright (c) 1999-2005, Mellanox Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Intel Corporation.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
 * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
 * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file
 * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the
 * OpenIB.org BSD license below:
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
 * without modification, are permitted provided that the following
 * conditions are met:
 *
 *  - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
 *copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
 *disclaimer.
 *
 *  - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
 *copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
 *disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
 *provided with the distribution.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
 * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
 * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
 * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 * SOFTWARE.
 */

 

 

From: Bill Boas
Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 11:11 AM
To: Jeffrey Heller, "'Ryan, Jim'"
Cc: George Simion, 'John Mitchell'
Subject: RE: Some NetApp concerns re licensing terms WRT code contributed to 
OFED

 

Jeff, please call me to discuss. I have not set up a meeting  because I am 
still trying to ensure that I thoroughly understand the sequence of code 
contribution and integration that occurs step by step with OpenFabrics Software 
(OFS) as it is contributed, goes thru the steps it goes thru, etc.

 

Also could we talk today, as soon as you wish,  for you to identify to me 
verbally what NetApp’s issue really is, or is there a misunderstanding at the 
legal level within NetApp.

 

Please call 510 375 -8840 as soon as convenient, but I’m in Austin TX.

 

Bill.

Bill Boas

Treasurer OFA

 

 

From: Heller, Jeffrey [mailto:jeffrey.hel...@netapp.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:56 AM
To: Ryan, Jim mailto:jim.r...@intel.com> >; 
bb...@systemfabricworks.com  
Cc: Simion, George mailto:george.sim...@netapp.com> 
>; John Mitchell mailto:j...@interactionlaw.com> >
Subject: Re: Some NetApp concerns re licensing terms WRT code contributed to 
OFED

 

Hi Bill,

 

Just checking that I did not miss your reply. Can you propose a couple of times 
we can have a call to discuss?

 

Jeff

 

From: Jeffrey Heller
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 6:44 PM
To: "Ryan, Jim"
Cc: George Simion, John Mitchell, "bb...@systemfabricworks.com 
 "
Subject: Re: Some NetApp concerns re licensing terms WRT code contributed to 
OFED

 

Hi Bill,

 

Let me know some times this week you can talk. 

 

Jeff

Sent from my iPhone


On Aug 7, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Ryan, Jim mailto:jim.r...@intel.com> > wrote:

I reached out Bob Woodruff and Bill Boas and I got back updates on the earlier 
work that had been done and a helpful offer from Bill to speak with you.

 

This email is to help set that discussion up, and to share with Bill the URL 
and text you provided below

 

Regards, Jim

 

From: Simion, George [mailto:george.sim...@netapp.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 4:58 PM
To: John Mitchell; Ryan, Jim
Cc: Heller, Jeffrey; Simion, George
Subject: RE: Some NetApp concerns re licensing terms WRT code contributed to 
OFED

 

John and Jim,

 

Thank you for talking to Jeff and I on this important matter.

 

I just wanted to point you to an additional piece of information re licensing 
of the linux kernel on kernel.org  .  As the FAQ states, the 
linux kernel posted for download on the linux.org   website 
is licensed under GPL v2 (as expected):

 

https://www.kernel.org/categor

Re: [ewg] OFA EWG meeting will be on Monday Aug 17th 2015 at 9:00 AM Pacific

[Bill Boas]

EWG Members and Doug,

 

There is an active discussion going on between OFA XWG members and Senior
NetApp Engineering Management and NetApp Corporate counsel about how the EWG
is building OFED releases using upstream modules that are extracted from
upstream and included in OFED RCs. The issue is under what license is the
being done - GPL only? Daual GPL and BSD, or BSD only.

 

NetApp and BSD Foundation both believe the EWG is creating a situation where
OFED has modules in it that are now not dual licensable but GPL only.

 

Please may we address this topic first in the EWG meeting today?

 

Bill.

Bill Boas

510-375-8840

 

From: ewg-boun...@lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:ewg-boun...@lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Rupert Dance
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 9:47 AM
To: 'OpenFabrics EWG' 
Subject: [ewg] OFA EWG meeting will be on Monday Aug 17th 2015 at 9:00 AM
Pacific

 

Hi All,

 

The next OFA EWG meeting will be on Monday Aug 17th 2015 at 9:00 AM Pacific

 

Monday, August 17, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 3895405


Meeting Minutes 8/3/2015: 

*
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/EWG_Minutes/2015-08-03-
EWG-Meeting-Minutes.pdf 

 

OFED 3.18-1 status

* Latest daily Build

o
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-3.18-daily/OFED-3.18-1-20150
809-0136.tgz 

* OFED User Package Status as of 8/17/2015 - updates since 8/3

o   dapl-2.1.6

o   infinipath-psm-3.3-6

o   libfabrics-1.1.0

o   fabtests-1.1.0

o
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/OFED_User_Package_Statu
s/OFED-User-Package-Status-2015-08-17.pdf 

* OFED 3.18-1 Bug Status as of 8/17/2015

o
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/OFED_Bugs/OFED-3.xx-Bug
-Status-2015-08-17.pdf 

* OFED 3.18-1 open issues

o   2492   -
perftest tools enhancement - opened 6/17/2014

o   2544   -
infinipath-psm won't install with libfabric

*  Both packages have been updated. Can we mark this fixed?

o   2545   -
ipath compilation fails on SLES11 SP4 and RHEL6.7

*  Woody and Tom: talk it over with the team. If nobody cares then we can
say with will not work on SLES11 SP4 and RHEL6.7. So the decision is not to
build ipath on those two distros. 

*  Should I close this out or will someone from Intel?

o   2547   -
libibscif and Xeon-phi issues

*  Woody: invalid transport issues - close this bug as a known issue and
will not be fixed 

*  Should I close this out or will someone from Intel?

o   2553   -
Unable to run UD traffic using qperf 

*  Bug filer has responded to query and waiting for response from
Maintainer.

*  Need to assign to someone other than Dean

o   2555   -
ib_send_bw -run_infinitely fails to terminate on the server after client
disconnects

*  Maintainer may not have this ready for 3.18-1

o   2559   -
unexpected CM event 8 error seen on running iwarp traffic after the restart
of iwpmd service 

*  Waiting for new iwpmd from Tatyana

o   2560   -
OFED_tips.txt section 4 needs updating

o   2561   -
IPoIB failure after arp cache flush

*  Assigned to ere...@mellanox.com   - no action
in last month

o   2562   -
ib_write_bw doesn't support events

o   2565   -
compat-rdma can't be built on PPC64 RHEL 7.1 LE environment

*  Do we want to support RHEL 7.1 LE

 

* OFED 3.18-1 - Plans for the next build

o   RHEL 6.7 - done

o   SLES SP4 - done 

o   Bug fixes

o   Other?

 

Open Items

* UNH-IOL - support for EDR products

 

Next Meeting: August 31st 2015

 

Thanks

 

Rupert

Monday, August 31, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 9439609

Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 4137671

Monday, September 28, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 4211514

Monday, October 12, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 2644474

Monday, October 26, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 6398751

 

 

 

 

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[ewg] OFA EWG meeting will be on Monday Aug 17th 2015 at 9:00 AM Pacific

[Rupert Dance]

Hi All,

 

The next OFA EWG meeting will be on Monday Aug 17th 2015 at 9:00 AM Pacific

 

Monday, August 17, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 3895405


Meeting Minutes 8/3/2015: 

·
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/EWG_Minutes/2015-08-03-
EWG-Meeting-Minutes.pdf 

 

OFED 3.18-1 status

· Latest daily Build

o
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/OFED/ofed-3.18-daily/OFED-3.18-1-20150
809-0136.tgz 

· OFED User Package Status as of 8/17/2015 – updates since 8/3

o   dapl-2.1.6

o   infinipath-psm-3.3-6

o   libfabrics-1.1.0

o   fabtests-1.1.0

o
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/OFED_User_Package_Statu
s/OFED-User-Package-Status-2015-08-17.pdf 

· OFED 3.18-1 Bug Status as of 8/17/2015

o
https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/WorkGroups/ewg/OFED_Bugs/OFED-3.xx-Bug
-Status-2015-08-17.pdf 

· OFED 3.18-1 open issues

o   2492   -
perftest tools enhancement – opened 6/17/2014

o   2544   –
infinipath-psm won't install with libfabric

§  Both packages have been updated. Can we mark this fixed?

o   2545   -
ipath compilation fails on SLES11 SP4 and RHEL6.7

§  Woody and Tom: talk it over with the team. If nobody cares then we can
say with will not work on SLES11 SP4 and RHEL6.7. So the decision is not to
build ipath on those two distros. 

§  Should I close this out or will someone from Intel?

o   2547   –
libibscif and Xeon-phi issues

§  Woody: invalid transport issues – close this bug as a known issue and
will not be fixed 

§  Should I close this out or will someone from Intel?

o   2553   -
Unable to run UD traffic using qperf 

§  Bug filer has responded to query and waiting for response from
Maintainer.

§  Need to assign to someone other than Dean

o   2555   -
ib_send_bw –run_infinitely fails to terminate on the server after client
disconnects

§  Maintainer may not have this ready for 3.18-1

o   2559   -
unexpected CM event 8 error seen on running iwarp traffic after the restart
of iwpmd service 

§  Waiting for new iwpmd from Tatyana

o   2560   -
OFED_tips.txt section 4 needs updating

o   2561   -
IPoIB failure after arp cache flush

§  Assigned to ere...@mellanox.com – no action in last month

o   2562   -
ib_write_bw doesn’t support events

o   2565   -
compat-rdma can't be built on PPC64 RHEL 7.1 LE environment

§  Do we want to support RHEL 7.1 LE

 

· OFED 3.18-1 - Plans for the next build

o   RHEL 6.7 - done

o   SLES SP4 – done 

o   Bug fixes

o   Other?

 

Open Items

· UNH-IOL – support for EDR products

 

Next Meeting: August 31st 2015

 

Thanks

 

Rupert

Monday, August 31, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 9439609

Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 4137671

Monday, September 28, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 4211514

Monday, October 12, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 2644474

Monday, October 26, 2015, 09:00 AM US Pacific Time 
916-356-2663, 8-356-2663, Bridge: 3, Passcode: 6398751

 

 

 

 

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