[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] sched: patches for 2.2

Dumitrescu, Cristian cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com
Tue Mar 8 20:53:01 CET 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 4:33 PM
> To: Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] sched: patches for 2.2
> 
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 07:49:20 +0000
> "Dumitrescu, Cristian" <cristian.dumitrescu at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Regarding Stephen's patches, I think there is a pending issue regarding the
> legal side of the Copyright, which is attributed to Intel, although Stephen's
> code is relicensed with BSD license by permission from the original code
> author (which also submitted the code to Linux kernel under GPL). This was
> already flagged. This is a legal issue and I do not feel comfortable with ack-ing
> this patch until the legal resolution on this is crystal clear.
> 
> 
> I got explicit permission from the author who holds the copyright to relicense
> it.

Did you get explicit permission from the author who holds the copyright to relicense it with BSD license that hands over the copyright to Intel?


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