From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 18:20:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 18:20:55 -0400 Received: from relay01.valueweb.net ([216.219.253.235]:15378 "EHLO relay01.valueweb.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 18:20:53 -0400 Message-ID: <3CF15F44.3496BE7C@opersys.com> Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 18:18:44 -0400 From: Karim Yaghmour X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.16 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, French/Canada, French/France, fr-FR, fr-CA MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Mielke CC: Larry McVoy , yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Roman Zippel , David Woodhouse , "Albert D. Cahalan" , Linus Torvalds , Wolfgang Denk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] In-Reply-To: <20020526082142.C18843@hq.fsmlabs.com> <20020526105506.A20002@hq.fsmlabs.com> <3CF122CA.EFE2D328@opersys.com> <20020526112951.B30610@work.bitmover.com> <3CF1578E.774DF802@opersys.com> <20020526180721.A28052@mark.mielke.cc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 =================================================== Karim Yaghmour karim@opersys.com Embedded and Real-Time Linux Expert ===================================================