28/03/2023 11:35, Guo, Junfeng: > The background is that, in the past (DPDK 22.11) we didn't get the approval > of license from Google, thus chose the MIT License for the base code, and > BSD-3 License for GVE common code (without the files in /base folder). > We also left the copyright holder of base code just to Google Inc, and made > Intel as the copyright holder of GVE common code (without /base folder). > > Today we are working together for GVE dev and maintaining. And we got > the approval of BSD-3 License from Google for the base code. > Thus we dicided to 1) switch the License of GVE base code from MIT to BSD-3; > 2) add Google LLC as one of the copyright holders for GVE common code.
Do you realize we had lenghty discussions in the Technical Board, the Governing Board, and with lawyers, just for this unneeded exception? Now looking at the patches, there seem to be some big mistakes like removing some copyright. I don't understand how it can be taken so lightly. I regret how fast we were, next time we will surely operate differently. If you want to improve the reputation of this driver, please ask other copyright holders to be more active and responsive.
