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From: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>, Shem Multinymous <multinymous@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	rlove@rlove.org, khali@linux-fr.org, gregkh@suse.de,
	alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	hdaps-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 18:40:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060806164013.GA7637@aepfle.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060806145551.GC30009@thunk.org>

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:55:51AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 01:44:02PM +0300, Shem Multinymous wrote:

> > Can you please be more specific? What purpose does this exclusion
> > serve, that would be realistically achieved otherwise? You already
> > have a GPL license from the author, and a way to contact and uniquely
> > identify the author.
> 
> For legal reasons, we need a way to to contact and identify the author
> in the real world, not just in cyberspace, and a pseudonym doesn't
> meet that requirement.

In that context, even an anonymous mailer like gmail and the like is
questionable. But, I'm sure one get a domain with faked address data
in the whois database.
Where would you draw the line?

  reply	other threads:[~2006-08-06 16:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-06  7:26 [PATCH 00/12] ThinkPad embedded controller and hdaps drivers Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06  7:56   ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-06  9:56     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 10:07       ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-06 10:44         ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 14:55           ` Theodore Tso
2006-08-06 16:40             ` Olaf Hering [this message]
2006-08-06 16:55               ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-06 18:40               ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-06 22:31                 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 22:08             ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07  0:56               ` [Hdaps-devel] " Shawn Starr
2006-08-07  3:40               ` Theodore Tso
2006-08-06 18:53           ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-08-06 22:41             ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 22:56               ` Greg KH
2006-08-06 23:13               ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-08-07 13:26         ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 19:23           ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-07 23:20             ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 13:47     ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 13:44   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 15:13     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 16:27       ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-08-07 16:41         ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 16:54           ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-08-07 23:17             ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:15       ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:23         ` Greg KH
2006-08-07 23:25           ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:29             ` Greg KH
2006-08-07 23:37               ` [PATCH] pr_debug() should not be used in drivers Pavel Machek
2006-08-08  9:44           ` [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08  9:23         ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08  9:39           ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:39     ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 02/12] hdaps: Use thinkpad_ec instead of direct port access Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 13:55   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 15:40     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 23:22       ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 03/12] hdaps: Unify and cache hdaps readouts Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 14:02   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 16:14     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 23:24       ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08  9:16         ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08  9:21           ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 10:06             ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 10:09               ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 14:07   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 16:30     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 18:20       ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-08-07 23:30         ` timeout nonsense [was Re: [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes] Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 12:22         ` [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-08 12:56           ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 13:17             ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-08 13:35               ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 13:43                 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-08 14:53                   ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 15:19                     ` Alan Cox
2006-08-08 15:33                       ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-09  3:44                         ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-09  9:02                           ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-09  9:56                             ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-07 23:26       ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 05/12] hdaps: Remember keyboard and mouse activity Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 14:11   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 16:19     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 06/12] hdaps: Limit hardware query rate Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:08   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 07/12] hdaps: delay calibration to first hardware query Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:10   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 08/12] hdaps: Add explicit hardware configuration functions Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:16   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 13:17     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 09/12] hdaps: Add new sysfs attributes Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:19   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 10/12] hdaps: Power off accelerometer on suspend and unload Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:45   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 13:28     ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 11/12] hdaps: Stop polling timer when suspended Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:46   ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06  7:26 ` [PATCH 12/12] hdaps: Simplify whitelist Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:47   ` Pavel Machek
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-10  9:48 [PATCH 00/12] ThinkPad embedded controller and hdaps drivers (version 2) Shem Multinymous
2006-08-10  9:48 ` [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access Shem Multinymous

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