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

Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26T22:20:55Z

Mark Mielke wrote:
> > In one single mail about the rtlinux patent issue you have to tell me 5 times
> > to see a lawyer and you expect developers to actually evaluate Linux for real
> > use in real-time apps?
>
> I doubt developers spend much time evaluating any more than the technical
> details.

Depends on the type of development you're doing, but future viability and
basic legal implications are certainly part any good engineering study.

> Developers shouldn't be expected to evaluate fields that are not within
> their expertise. No sensible company would put the ball entirely in the
> court of one or three developers.

True, and upon asking the lawyers, the company would tell the developers
that they don't have the green light to use Linux. Which gets us back
right where we started.

Karim

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Karim Yaghmour
karim@opersys.com
Embedded and Real-Time Linux Expert
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