Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Oct 2004 20:57:22 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [openib-general] InfiniBand incompatible with the Linux kernel? |
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Roland Dreier wrote: > As for IP, as far as I know, there has been no change to any of the > bylaws or other members agreements. If there is some specific > provision that concerns you, please bring it to our attention -- the > IBTA in general and the IBTA steering committee in general have been > very supportive of the OpenIB effort. In fact, most of the IBTA > steering commitee companies (Agilent, HP, IBM, InfiniCon, Intel, > Mellanox, Sun, Topspin, and Voltaire) have been active participants in > OpenIB development. I would hope we can resolve any issues relating > to open source and the Linux kernel.
Read the member agreement :) It -explicitly- does -not- require waiving of patent claims related to any implementation of IB.
That's different from ATA, SCSI, USB, the list goes on...
Jeff
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