From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jack Stone Subject: Re: Versioning file system Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:38:10 +0100 Message-ID: <46743C22.2050303@hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org> References: <46731169.2090002@hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org> <467314E2.9010306@zytor.com> <46739B2C.4080606@hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org> <4673B15B.2080300@wolfmountaingroup.com> <4673B77E.1000803@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20070616164931.GF14788@delft.aura.cs.cmu.edu> <46744225.7000609@wolfmountaingroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, alan , hpa@zytor.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk To: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" Return-path: Received: from host86-137-96-215.range86-137.btcentralplus.com ([86.137.96.215]:35387 "EHLO hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750869AbXFPTi1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:38:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46744225.7000609@wolfmountaingroup.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote: > When you get into the recycling issues with storage, the patents come > into play. Also, using the file name to reference revisions is already > the subject of a patent previously filed (I no longer own the patent, I > sold them to Canopy). There is a third one about to be issued. > > The patents are: > * > 6,862,609 > **6,795,895 > > and this one about to be issued: > > http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/fetch.jsp?LANG=ENG&DBSELECT=PCT&SERVER_TYPE=19&SORT=1211506-KEY&TYPE_FIELD=256&IDB=0&IDOC=1205953&C=10&ELEMENT_SET=IA,WO,TTL-EN&RESULT=1&TOTAL=3&START=1&DISP=25&FORM=SEP-0/HITNUM,B-ENG,DP,MC,PA,ABSUM-ENG&SEARCH_IA=US2005045566&QUERY=%28IN%2fmerkey%29+ > > > The last one was filed with WIPO and has international protection, UK > included. I have no idea about patents so if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be most obliged Jack