GPL issues around OFED code in FreeBSD 9.1

[Garrett Cooper]

> On Aug 31, 2015, at 09:34, Hrishikesh Keremane via freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> [Sorry for cross posting]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are working on a product(FreeBSD based) that would require RDMA over iWARP and are considering using the OFED stack in FreeBSD 9.1.
> We will be making some changes to the OFED stack to customize it to our requirements.
> 
> The concern is regarding the implications of GPL licensing of OFED on our code base.
> Has anyone worked with OFED in FreeBSD and/or is aware of the licensing issues around it?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Please include me in your replies as I am not subscribed to these lists.

The OFED stack is BSD/GPLv2 dual licensed IIRC. the Mellanox import might have made it 100% BSD licensed though.

There's FreeBSD-infiniband at freebsd.org as well. It's a low traffic list, but it might hit a better target audience in the future.

Cheers,
-NGie