From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 17:23:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 17:23:00 -0400 Received: from saturn.cs.uml.edu ([129.63.8.2]:9220 "EHLO saturn.cs.uml.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 17:22:57 -0400 From: "Albert D. Cahalan" Message-Id: <200205252122.g4PLMh290935@saturn.cs.uml.edu> Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 17:22:43 -0400 (EDT) Cc: wd@denx.de (Wolfgang Denk), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Linus Torvalds" at May 25, 2002 11:12:03 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Linus Torvalds writes: > - Yes, if you go the RTLinux way, you either need to make your RT > kernel modules GPL'd, or you need to pay FSMlabs. Since I would > strongly suggest you make kernel modules GPL'd anyway, this just > isn't an issue. The fact that FSMlabs can get people to pay for > their patent is just another "tax on stupidity". I think you misunderstand, but maybe I do... To get a free patent license, EVERYTHING must be GPL. Not just the real-time part! So that would be: 1. the RT microkernel (OK) 2. the RT "app" (OK) 3. Linux itself (OK) 4. normal Linux apps (ouch!)