[dpdk-dev] OpenSSL and non-BSD licenses in DPDK

Remy Horton remy.horton at intel.com
Thu Sep 1 11:22:04 CEST 2016


Morning,

On 31/08/2016 18:26, Bodek, Zbigniew wrote:
[..]
> I would like to ask a question regarding code licensing and importing code that
> uses different license than BSD-like. Especially I'm curious about the code
> that goes with OpenSSL/SSLeay license. Is it allowed to import such sources
> (or derived work) to DPDK? I've seen some GPL stuff, mostly kernel modules from
> Intel. So what with the above mentioned OpenSSL?

It is not my call to make, but my guess is the answer will almost 
certainly be "No". DPDK makes it way into commercial products, and the 
companies concerned (well, their lawyers actually..) most likley won't 
like the prospect of extra licencing conditions slipping in.

..Remy


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