Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]

Alan Cox
2002-05-28T10:40:29Z

On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 07:29, peter@horizon.com wrote:
> Whatever Red Hat does, it will be setting a precedent that will guide
> later followers.

We know this. Red Hat has blazed trails before, as with the IPO friends
and family arrangement. Equally feedback is valuable. It is important we
get it right, and can I ask folks if we don't quite get it right on
round 1 to provide feedback to the Red Hat legal folks. *Productive*
feedback.

Alan