From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [TCP 0/4] H-TCP patches on top of Stephens cc framework Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 11:09:06 -0700 Message-ID: <20050506180906.GA21461@kroah.com> References: <20050506173729.20140.93205.37072@galon.ev-en.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, Douglas Leith , "David S.Miller" Return-path: To: Baruch Even Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050506173729.20140.93205.37072@galon.ev-en.org> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 08:37:29PM +0300, Baruch Even wrote: > This is a first post of the H-TCP framework on top of Stephens congestion > control framework. Hopefully the use of the framework will make it easier to > understand the logic of the H-TCP algorithm. It definitely helped me :-) > > The code is licensed under the GNU GPL v2, and according to that we know this > gives an implicit patent license to users of this code. An explicit licensing > to OSDL for the purpose of sub-licensing is in the works to alleviate any fear. Why would OSDL have anything to do with "sub-licensing" a patent, unless they want to make money off of it? Why not do what other companies have done with GPL granted patents instead? thanks, greg k-h