From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 10:14:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 10:14:06 -0400 Received: from bs1.dnx.de ([213.252.143.130]:29869 "EHLO bs1.dnx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 10:14:05 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 16:13:18 +0200 From: Robert Schwebel To: Der Herr Hofrat Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]y Message-ID: <20020526161318.O598@schwebel.de> In-Reply-To: <20020525204542.A10392@stm.lbl.gov> <200205260913.g4Q9DPT20434@hofr.at> 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 Nicholas, On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:13:25AM +0200, Der Herr Hofrat wrote: > In my opinion it is obvious that the RT comunity that was RTLinux and > RTAI for quite a while was "stealing" ideas and code from each other - > and that is a very good thing to happen in GPL'ed environments, there was > for a long time one mailing list and that was being shared in a > productive manner by both groups. The fact that the two groups splitt up > and are fighting each other is what is really hurting both sides a lot > and probably also hurting Linux in the market that has interest in > hard-realtime. I strongly support this statement, and I'm pretty sure all the RTAI developers do the same. It would be _much_ better for all people involved in the realtime Linux development if we would work _together_ like in the very beginning instead of fighting each other. Too much energy has been wasted yet. And honestly, I'm also thinking that even from the commercial point of view, a situation where the realtime Linux community joins it's forces to create the best General Purpose Realtime Operating System on earth in terms of _technical_ arguments would not be a bad one. For _everyone_, FSM-Labs and the rest of the world. But that's just my 0.02 Euro. 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 | +--------------------------------------------------------+