Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [openib-general] Re: 2.6.16-rc6-mm2: new RDMA CM EXPORT_SYMBOL's | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:47:53 +0100 |
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> >>Please explain the thinking behind the choice of a non-GPL export. > >>(Yes, we discussed this when inifiniband was first merged, but it > >>doesn't hurt to reiterate). > > The agreement made within the OpenIB community, from where this code originates, > is that all source code be licensed under a dual license of BSD/GPL. I am not a > lawyer, so I don't know the implications of changing the exports to be GPL only, > given the OpenIB license. But my understanding is that makes using those > functions less attractive.
no actually ;)
but I understood OpenIB to be "GPL when used in the linux kernel, optionally BSD when outside linux". Since EXPORT_SYMBOL is highly linux kernel specific... the _GPL should be just fine
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