From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from zen.stanford.edu ([171.65.16.116]) by imladris.mvhi.com with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 112H1m-0006IC-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:28:02 +0100 Message-ID: <19990708092758.40730@zen.stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 09:27:58 -0700 From: David Hinds To: David Woodhouse Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: Disk-On-Chip progress. References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from David Woodhouse on Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 04:06:45PM +0100 Sender: owner-mtd@imladris.demon.co.uk List-ID: On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 04:06:45PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > There's already a GPL'd implementation of FTL, their original flash > filesystem. They hold patents on it, and it's restricted for use > only with PCMCIA devices. Sure, but as you well know, the Linux FTL implementation is being used on non-PCMCIA devices, in violation of their license... perhaps not in commercial products, but I don't really know. they could argue that keeping NFTL proprietary saves them from having to police and enforce their IP rights by litigation. I'm not saying I think this is a great position for them to take, just that it isn't completely irrational. -- Dave To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@imladris.demon.co.uk