06/09/2022 11:31, Guo, Junfeng: > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > > 01/09/2022 20:23, Stephen Hemminger: > > > On Thu, 1 Sep 2022 18:19:22 +0100 > > > Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@xilinx.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_adminq.c > > b/drivers/net/gve/gve_adminq.c > > > > > new file mode 100644 > > > > > index 0000000000..8a724f12c6 > > > > > --- /dev/null > > > > > +++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_adminq.c > > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,925 @@ > > > > > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT > > > > > + * Google Virtual Ethernet (gve) driver > > > > > + * Version: 1.3.0 > > > > > + * Copyright (C) 2015-2022 Google, Inc. > > > > > + * Copyright(C) 2022 Intel Corporation > > > > > + */ > > > > > + > > > > > > > > Can you please get approval for the MIT license from techboard, as > > > > Stephen highlighted in previous version? > > > > > > > > > I would prefer that it be BSD or dual licensed. > > > Although MIT and BSD-3 licenses are compatible, this is not something > > techboard can decide > > > it requires a statement from a knowledgeable open source lawyer (Intel > > or LF). > > > > > > Please fix the license to BSD and save lots of trouble. > > > > +1 to change to BSD to avoid trouble. > > Thanks for your concern and comments! > Yes, we are also willing to have these base code under BSD license. > > Note that these code are not Intel files and they come from the kernel > community. > Everyone can reach the code at: > https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-virtual-ethernet-linux/tree/v1.3.0. > The base code here has the statement of SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR > MIT). > > Thus, we may not be in the good position to re-license these code, > and we didn't find the BSD-licensed version at any open community, > so we just follow the required MIT license as an exception to DPDK.
I understand we are in trouble here. We need the techboard to decide what to do. If we want to go in the MIT direction, we need to ask the govboard.
