Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Matthew Wilcox
2009-05-04T15:55:28Z

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:38:15AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:08:34AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:39:19AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:21:19AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > > Bringing the patch to a public mailing list is a waste of time until
> > > > there's a reliable description of the problem you're trying to solve.
> > >
> > > Please see the original patch. It does describes what it is doing.
> >
> > "What", but not "Why". Which is only acceptable in GNU changelogs ;-)
>
> ;-)
>
> > Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
>
> Given your affiliation, you should have access to people with whom
> you can have a meaningful conversation on the non-technical issues,
> but without putting the Linux community at risk.

Indeed I do have access to lawyers. But what use is that? I could
presumably get an opinion for myself that I would not then be able to
share outside of Intel.

Can't you get the SFLC to issue a public legal opinion for you? Or maybe
the Linux Foundation?

--
Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."