Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

Paul E. McKenney
2009-05-04T18:14:38Z

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:54:14AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:49:31AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Ah, but you are not simply asking us to -do- our homework, but also to
> > make that homework public on LKML. Please note that Matthew's earlier
> > email indicates that he does not expect to be able to convince his
> > employer to make such homework public.
>
> I have no data upon which to make a judgement as to the probability
> of my lawyer doing anything. The implication I took away from your
> words earlier in this thread is that _no_ lawyer is going to permit
> this homework to be published. Maybe Intel's lawyers differ with IBM's
> lawyers on this point. I wouldn't know.

You could certainly ask them.

Thanx, Paul

> But all you're hearing from me is an echo of your own assertions, not
> a concurrence.
>
> --
> 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."