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[73.71.208.212]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5a478bee46e88-3158644a195sm17392105eec.13.2026.08.05.11.44.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:44:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Taraba To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peter.schuster.taraba@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: add statsort(), a distribution/bucket sort Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:44:40 -0700 Message-ID: <20260805184440.12964-1-peter.schuster.taraba@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <87o6fgplmf.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> References: <87o6fgplmf.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Jon & others, >> OK, good luck with that. The kernel does not add code to support >> proprietary projects. I want this idea to go to Linux Kernel and not be proprietary, but I want to make sure Microsoft and Facebook copy cats don't import this idea into their Windows and their other own operating systems and continue forcing their ways on others thanks to their still large user base. I am not worried about Google, as it's in their best interest to get this code into Linux as they are heavy users & contributors to Linux. There are at least three future scenarios: 1. Someone gives me 750$ + 250$ for filing preliminary patent, so there would be a trap to slow down Microsoft and Facebook and I will file prelimiary patent with Linux community, wait for a week for dust to settle and share my idea. 2. Someone gives a seed to my start-up Milky Winf: https://temp-qiwnvtinynzgwimacpcb.webadorsite.com/ and as soon as the invetment hits my bank account, I will share my idea on this thread and let Linux community deal with Microsoft and Facebook. 3. Work around and let this idea live on my off-internet laptop without wifi and network card... >> Feedback is what you are getting, but you seem remarkably uninterested >> in it. I always appreciate feedback especially from Linux veterans :). I am answering and we are still having a discussion, so I do not really understad why you believe I am not interested in yours and others opinions. >> If you want to contribute to a community, you need to spend some time >> understanding how that community works. It is not just by chance that >> this project remains vital after all these years. You are asking us to >> take on a chunk of code that we will have to maintain indefinitely; we >> have learned not to do that without good reason. Maybe you should look up definition of word Liberty and how it aligns with Linux community. But feel free to ignore me if you wish to do so. >> You don't get to tell me what I should do, sorry. I never force anyone to do anything unless they want to do it themselves. Don't expect me to force you into anything today, nor in future days. >> The community's rules require disclosure of LLM use. Many first-time >> contributors fail to do that, and the reason is often ignorance of the >> rules; once informed, they play along. The question is anything but >> useless. People can lie, so what's the point: https://randommathguystfu.blogspot.com/2026/07/who-steals-first-not-who-actually.html >> Plus, it seems clear that you have answered it. I will cite David Archuleta's song's lyrics 'OK, all right' Cheers & Queers, Peter