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Tuesday, November 7 • 12:10pm - 12:45pm
A Practical Guide to eBPF Licensing: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the GPL - Jef Spaleta & Bill Mulligan, Isovalent

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While there is a wide appreciation of the power of eBPF as used across the CNCF project landscape, there are some misconceptions in the ecosystem about when eBPF programs need to be licensed under the GPL and how that impacts licensing compliance. eBPF is a unique technology inside the cloud native landscape, making it possible for projects, like Cilium, Falco, and Pixie, to extend Linux kernel functionality from userspace. Seeing GPL licensed code may give some licensing compliance teams pause because eBPF is unfamiliar to them - but it shouldn’t. This talk provides context around why the GPL licensed eBPF code exists and isn't a licensing hazard for the rest of the project. If you are a contributor to a project already using eBPF or looking to add it, or you're unfamiliar with why eBPF licensing is so exceptional, come to this session and learn some practical strategies for eBPF licensing and you’ll hopefully learn to stop worrying and love the GPL.
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Bill Mulligan

Community Pollinator, Isovalent
Bill Mulligan is a cloud native pollinator and community builder. He has given talks and written articles about building the business case for cloud native. While at CNCF he restarted the Kubernetes Community Day program and worked to grow the student community. He is currently at... Read More →
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Jef Spaleta

Technical Community Advocate, Isovalent
Jef Spaleta has more than a decade of experience in the technology industry; as software engineer, open source contributor, IoT hardware developer, operations, and most recently as a community advocate at Isovalent.

A Practical Guide to eBPF Project Licensing pdf
Tuesday November 7, 2023 12:10pm - 12:45pm CST
W176 (Ground Level)
  Cloud Native Experience
  • Content Experience Level Any
  • Talk Type In-Person
  • Presentation Slides Attached Yes