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

Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25T21:41:38Z

Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 05:22:43PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > To get a free patent license, EVERYTHING must be GPL.
> > Not just the real-time part! So that would be:
> >
> > 1. the RT microkernel (OK)
> > 2. the RT "app" (OK)
> > 3. Linux itself (OK)
> > 4. normal Linux apps (ouch!)
>
> Whether that is true or not I don't know.

And that's precisely one of the symptoms of this problem: No one
knows and the intellectual property owner has made no effort to
provide any explanation either. Instead, he's been trying to
spread as much uncertainty as possible.

Karim

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Karim Yaghmour
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Embedded and Real-Time Linux Expert
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