From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 05:13:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 05:13:04 -0400 Received: from bs1.dnx.de ([213.252.143.130]:44711 "EHLO bs1.dnx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 05:13:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 11:02:44 +0200 From: Robert Schwebel To: Larry McVoy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Message-ID: <20020525110244.S598@schwebel.de> In-Reply-To: <3CEEC729.74625C2B@opersys.com> <20020524162228.D28795@work.bitmover.com> <3CEF139A.1572367C@opersys.com> <3CEF1780.95C7CE66@opersys.com> <20020524220002.C22643@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:00:02PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > Sure. As long as it does not depend on the patent to work. Larry, please read what Eben Moglen wrote in the article quoted by Karim. One can think of the FSF whatever one wants (I personally very much dislike RMS' fanatism, although I like the general idea behind free software), but just taking what Eben has written sounds very sane to me. Robert -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de | | Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry | | Braunschweiger Str. 79, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany | | Phone: +49-5121-28619-0 | Fax: +49-5121-28619-4 | +--------------------------------------------------------+