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

Alexander Viro
2002-05-24T23:53:21Z

On Fri, 24 May 2002, Larry McVoy wrote:

> I think the bottom line is that the RT idea that Victor came up with is
> pretty cool, it is obviously something that you want, and so you get to
> live with those rules.

... which stinks (note: "stinks" != "illegal"). I'm quite comfortable
with "my code - my rules"; basically, it's "thou shalt not plagiarize".
"my ideas - my rules", though... Let's just say that we had been there
and while 16c Italy definitely had its charm, Cardano/Tartaglia wankfest
was not part of it.