Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Matthew Wilcox
2009-05-04T16:23:11Z

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:10:24AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:55:06AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > Indeed I do have access to lawyers. But what use is that? I could
> > presumably get an opinion for myself that I would not then be able to
> > share outside of Intel.
>
> I am glad you understand our situation, then! ;-)

I'm assuming my situation would be analagous to yours. That doesn't
mean that I understand your situation at all.

> > Can't you get the SFLC to issue a public legal opinion for you? Or maybe
> > the Linux Foundation?
>
> I have no clue whether this would work, but it is certainly worth
> exploring. Thank you for the tip!!!

No problem. I'm always looking for ways to solve problems.

I've never trusted advice from IBM laywers, ever since Greg spouted some
utter rubbish about the Copyright symbol that completely contradicts
US law.

--
Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."