[dpdk-dev] License switch to LGPL in 1.3

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Aug 26 06:52:48 CEST 2013


On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:48:15 -0500
Николай Владышевский <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.


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