Re: [PATCH] Rump on GNU/Hurd (4): Userspace PCI I/O

[Antti Kantee]

On 16/08/15 20:33, Robert Millan wrote:
> El 16/08/15 a les 15:14, Antti Kantee ha escrit:
>  >> * It includes code from other people under GPLv2; I'm not sure if
> this may be an issue wrt licensing
>  >>    policy of Rump as this is only targetted at the pci-userspace
> module. In any case if you
>  >>    think it's an issue let me know and we'll try to find a solution:
>  >>    - intrthread() is heavily based on intloop() from
> hurd/libddekit/interrupt.c
>  >>    [...]
>  >
>  > I'm not worried about GPL, but I am worried about someone using GPL
> accidentally when they did not intend to.  It's better if the code can
> offered under LGLP, but not a requirement.  One option would be to put
> Hurd support under "gpl/src-hurd".  Or just be very explicit about the
> licensing both in LICENSE and README.
>
> So, to summarize, I'm writing this mail to find out about the authorship
> (can you
> confirm it's yours?), and in case this is your code to see where you
> stand regarding
> Antti's concerns. I.e. what's the current license terms; are you ok with
> relicensing; etc.

If the relevant code is going to be dual licensed, BSD/ISC as the 
alternative would be best.

Another option is to distribute the rump kernel part of the code in 
Hurd.  I think it's expected for code found in Hurd to be GPL, and since 
it's possible for GPL projects to incorporate BSD-licensed code without 
any adverse side effects or surprises for users, the whole licensing 
problem would go away.  (or did I miss something?)