On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:48:15 -0500 ??????? ???????????? <nikovv at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > one of the changes in version 1.3 is the switch from BSD license to LGPL > and GPL , and being the developer able to chose one or another. May I ask > why this decision was taken? As I understand correctly, with this change, > we no longer can static link the binaries of our applications and embed in > our products unless we buy a license. Have the prices been already set for > it? > > Nikolai When I asked the same issue, the answer from Intel was that the all the non-kernel parts are still under the same BSD style license. The only GPL par is the kernel drivers (igb_uio and kni). It probably should be split into separate packages for clarity.