[dpdk-dev] GPL/LGPL .vs BSD license

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 20:44:41 -0500
Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:

> The following files have LGPL or GPL licenses.   I can see the libretto_eal and the four files that are part of DTS being GPL, but there others seem like a mistake.
> Especially the docs, and the presence of the LICENSE.LGPL file.
> 
> Is it possible to clean these up and make them BSD licensed?
> 
> Jim

No. KNI, Xen, and IGB UIO must be GPL licensed since they are kernel drivers.

The other stuff header files should be dual licensed.

> # QEMU Guest Agent Client
> ./dts/dep/QMP/qemu-ga-client
> ./dts/dep/QMP/qmp.py
> 
> Came from Scapy
> ./dts/dep/lldp.py 
> 
> Texttable Framework (LGPL)
> ./dts/framework/texttable.py
> 
> These are part of DPDK proper:
> ./dpdk/LICENSE.LGPL
> ./dpdk/app/test/test_mempool.c
> ./dpdk/doc/guides/freebsd_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> ./dpdk/doc/guides/linux_gsg/build_dpdk.rst
> ./dpdk/doc/guides/nics/mlx4.rst
> ./dpdk/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/img/l2_fwd_virtenv_benchmark_setup.png
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_feature_defs.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_features.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_ids.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_dom0_common.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio/igb_uio.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/COPYING
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/igb_main.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/igb/kcompat_ethtool.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/COPYING
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/ethtool/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_dev.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_ethtool.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_fifo.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_vhost.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_dev.h
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/xen_dom0/dom0_mm_misc.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.c
> ./dpdk/lib/librte_vhost/eventfd_link/eventfd_link.h
> ./dpdk/pkg/dpdk.spec
>