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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] 
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Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 20:30:48 +0200
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205251057370.6515-100000@home.transmeta.com>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 25 May 2002, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> >
> > What do you think: it it OK (both from the legal and from  the  ethic
> > point  of  view)  that  somebody  writes  and distributes proprietary
> > application code?
> 
> That's not my point.
...
> Have I made myself sufficiently clear by splitting up the issues into a
> technical part and a FUD part?

Yes, and I completely agree with you.

Nevertheless, you din't answer above question with a clear  "yes"  or
"no"...

Wolfgang Denk

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