Re: Emulex target mode support

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On Wed, 2014-08-13 at 01:03 +0200, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> Hello Alex,
> 
> Alex Leung wrote:
> > Hi Sebastian,
> > 
> > On Sunday, August 10, 2014 3:57 PM, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:

<SNIP>

> > > > You're correct on both. However, this will change to an MIT like
> > > > license in our next release (though still not GPL). Does that change
> > > > anything for you?
> > > 
> > > do you know whether this MIT like license will be GPL compatible?
> > 
> > TBD. It's an outstanding question that we are discussing at this point.  
> > GPL compatible is a must then for you?
> 
> I think legal "uncertainties" could be avoided if the driver would be GPL
> compatible (Dual MIT/GPL). It should allow upstream inclusion and Linux
> distributions could pick it up. The driver would no longer taint the kernel
> or invalidate support contracts.
> 

AFAIK, there are no plans by Emulex to push their target driver
upstream.

--nab



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