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 20:02:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 20:02:25 -0400 Received: from bs1.dnx.de ([213.252.143.130]:1963 "EHLO bs1.dnx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 20:02:25 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 02:01:21 +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: <20020526020121.G598@schwebel.de> In-Reply-To: <20020525143333.A17889@work.bitmover.com> <20020525215547.6912411972@denx.denx.de> <20020525150542.B17889@work.bitmover.com> <20020526013735.E598@schwebel.de> <20020525164611.E18274@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 Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:46:11PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > The RTAI current release COPYING says that it is LGPL, not GPL. Wrong. "we have chosen the LGPL as the distribution license." The "distribution" is much, much more than the schedulers and the patches. When in doubt please look at the header files of every single source file to find out about it's specific license. 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 | +--------------------------------------------------------+