Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]

Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25T18:42:57Z

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205251057370.6515-100000@home.transmeta.com>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Sat, 25 May 2002, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> >
> > What do you think: it it OK (both from the legal and from the ethic
> > point of view) that somebody writes and distributes proprietary
> > application code?
>
> That's not my point.
...
> Have I made myself sufficiently clear by splitting up the issues into a
> technical part and a FUD part?

Yes, and I completely agree with you.

Nevertheless, you din't answer above question with a clear "yes" or
"no"...

Wolfgang Denk

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