> >> I could utilize the code from FreeBSD. Does that allow me to submit this to > >> libibverbs under the dual GPL/BSD license? > >> > > > > I think I can just re-implement these services myself based published works > > describing the memory barrier assembly for ARM (like the document Jason > > referenced earlier). That will avoid any tainting. > > > > Doug: Will that work? > > Either way works actually. IANAL, but I've been told this multiple > times and will relay my possibly flawed memory of the legal issue. The > original patch, even though lifted from the linux kernel, is likely to > fall under the scope of "operationally defined" code. In other words, > the specific patch you wrote and the thing it implemented is so rigidly > defined by what it does, that there really is little to no room for any > different expression of the code. When there is no room for different > expressions, the code is not copyrightable. > That makes too much sense... ;) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
