[lustre-devel] [PATCH 1/2] lustre: refresh FSF licences

[Andreas Dilger]

On Jul 3, 2025, at 04:21, Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/26/25 1:03 AM, Andreas Dilger wrote:
>> 
>> My policy is that it is up to the copyright holders to update their copyrights,
>> so HPE should submit changes to the Oracle/Seagate/Xyratex messages, if they are
>> so inclined.
> 
> You are right, in my previous e-mail I did miss the Seagate->Cray->HPE steps.
> ( for the record:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20190517184639/http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2302693
> https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2019/09/hpe-completes-acquisition-of-supercomputing-leader-cray-inc.html )
> 
> Lustre's history is more convoluted than a soap opera:
> Cluster File Systems -> Sun Microsystems -> Oracle -> Xyratex -> Seagate -> Cray -> HPE
> Whamcloud -> Intel -> DDN

I've lived through that whole soap opera, so I know it well.  You missed "Clusterstor" that existed in a branch briefly between Sun and Xyratex. :-)


>> However, it isn't clear if there was copyright transfer of the code between all
>> of these companies, since it is open source and the assignment is not strictly
>> necessary.
> 
> Press Release is very clear:
> 
> - Xyratex Advances Lustre® Initiative, Assumes Ownership of Related Assets:
>    https://web.archive.org/web/20130224063137/http://www.xyratex.com/news/press-releases/xyratex-advances-lustre%C2%AE-initiative-assumes-ownership-related-assets
>    "Xyratex has recently acquired the original Lustre trademark, logo,
>    website and associated intellectual property from Oracle, and will
>    assume responsibility for providing support to Lustre customers going
>    forward."
> and:
> - Acquisition of Lustre® Assets from Oracle Corporation:
>   https://wiki.lustre.org/images/2/25/LUG2013-Xyratex_Update-Kevin_Canady.pdf
>   "• The Lustre assets include
>    [...]
>    - The intellectual property of all Lustre"
> 
> $ git grep -E "Copyright.*(Cluster|Oracle|Sun)"  | wc -l
> 520
> At least, there are 520 are bogus copyright assignments.
> 
> 
> And it was done repeatedly before:

Those changes were done by the copyright holders.  If someone from HPE (from which there are many active developers today) wants to submit a copyright change then this would gladly be accepted. I don't think it is my prerogative to change the copyright notices on their behalf. 

Cheers, Andreas


> 
> Cluster File Systems -> Sun Microsystems
> https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=commitdiff;h=70e80ade90af09300396706b8910e196a7928520
> git show 70e80ade90af09300396706b8910e196a7928520
> 
> Sun Microsystems -> Oracle
> https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=commitdiff;h=0f8dca08a4f68cba82c2c822998ecc309d3b7aaf
> git show f95393b0d0a59cf3dc2f29cffc35dcc4cc9d7728
> 
> Whamcloud -> Intel
> https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=commitdiff;h=08aa217ce49aba1ded52e0f7adb8a607035123fd
> git show 08aa217ce49aba1ded52e0f7adb8a607035123fd
> 
> 
> I think HPE and DDN should review it.