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From: Thomas Gleixner <gleixner@autronix.de>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>,
	"Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rtai@rtai.org
Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 00:19:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205252219.g4PMJUX02248@thomas.tec.autronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020525143333.A17889@work.bitmover.com> <20020525215547.6912411972@denx.denx.de> <20020525150542.B17889@work.bitmover.com>

On Sunday, 26. May 2002 00:05, Larry McVoy wrote:
>
> Hey, I said "I suspect".  You can scream all you want but if the facts are
> that the patent license allows 100% GPLed stuff for free, and you are
> saying that it is all 100% GPLed, and yet you continue to complain, what
> conclusion would you like people to draw?  I'm pointing out the obvious
> one.
There's nothing obvious, if somebody complains about a questionable software 
patent and it's possible consequences for Linux.

Your "suspection" is just impertinent. Check out the source from CVS and look 
for the missing critical chunk, before heating up the flamewar.

-- 
Thomas
___________________________________
autronix automation GmbH
http://www.autronix.de gleixner@autronix.de

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-25 22:19 UTC|newest]

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     [not found]   ` <3CEDFCED.D10CD618@zip.com.au>
     [not found]     ` <3CEE806D.D52FBEA5@kegel.com>
2002-05-24 20:26       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-05-24 21:18         ` Anton Altaparmakov
2002-05-24 21:18         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-24 21:46           ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-24 23:05             ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-24 23:22               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-24 23:53                 ` Alexander Viro
2002-05-25  4:31                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  4:44                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25  5:20                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  5:39                       ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25  6:05                         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  7:59                         ` Thunder from the hill
2002-05-25 16:14                           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 16:20                             ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 16:25                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 16:41                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 22:47                                   ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26  1:06                                     ` Andrew Morton
2002-05-26  5:45                                       ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-25 17:47                               ` Kurt Wall
2002-05-25 18:13                                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 19:21                                   ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25 18:32                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 18:38                                   ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-25 17:22                           ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 17:49                             ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 20:07                               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25 20:29                                 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-05-26  2:53                                   ` Alan Cox
2002-05-26  2:17                                     ` Andre Hedrick
2002-05-25 20:53                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 21:19                                   ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 17:50                             ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 18:02                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 18:26                                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 18:44                                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 19:04                                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 19:52                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 20:36                                       ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 20:51                                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 21:05                                           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 21:20                                             ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 21:23                                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  2:46                                                 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-26  3:33                                                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 21:44                                               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25 23:16                                             ` Robert Schwebel
     [not found]                                               ` <200205260255.g4Q2tkM62553@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
2002-05-26  5:48                                                 ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-27  5:28                                               ` Calin A. Culianu
2002-05-27 22:12                                                 ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-25 21:14                                         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26  2:09                                         ` David Schleef
2002-05-26  3:17                                           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  3:45                                             ` David Schleef
2002-05-26  4:03                                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26 19:40                                                 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-26 19:06                                                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26 20:17                                                     ` Alexander Viro
2002-05-26 20:33                                                       ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26 21:33                                                     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-26 20:44                                                       ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  9:13                                               ` patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]y Der Herr Hofrat
2002-05-26 14:13                                                 ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26 16:31                                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26  3:58                                             ` patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Alexander Viro
2002-05-26  4:13                                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  7:30                                                 ` Alexander Viro
2002-05-26 14:42                                                   ` yodaiken
2002-05-26 16:17                                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26 16:27                                                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 18:12                               ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 18:22                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 18:33                                   ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-25 18:45                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 23:27                                     ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-25 18:44                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 19:14                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 19:41                                     ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25 18:30                                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 18:52                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 21:22                                 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-05-25 21:33                                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 21:39                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 21:55                                     ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 22:05                                       ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 22:13                                         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 22:17                                         ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 23:10                                           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 23:54                                             ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-26  4:05                                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  6:25                                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25 23:56                                             ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26  3:40                                               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  8:05                                                 ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26  8:58                                                   ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-25 22:19                                         ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2002-05-25 22:34                                         ` Erwin Rol
2002-05-25 23:17                                           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25 23:37                                         ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-25 23:46                                           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26  0:01                                             ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26 10:11                                     ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-26 13:04                                       ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-26 13:26                                       ` yodaiken
2002-05-26 14:09                                         ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-26 14:21                                           ` yodaiken
2002-05-26 15:30                                             ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-26 16:55                                               ` yodaiken
2002-05-26 18:00                                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26 18:29                                                   ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-26 21:45                                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26 21:58                                                       ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-05-26 22:12                                                         ` Erwin Rol
2002-05-26 22:34                                                         ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26 22:07                                                       ` Mark Mielke
2002-05-26 22:18                                                         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26 18:20                                                 ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-26 15:58                                             ` Nicholas Knight
2002-05-27  2:42                                             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25 22:58                             ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26  0:48                               ` Erik Andersen
2002-05-26  5:31                                 ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26 10:19                                   ` Erik Andersen
2002-05-25  6:08                       ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25  4:48                   ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  5:00                     ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25  9:02                       ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-25 17:34                       ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-05-24 23:27               ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25  3:13                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  3:25                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25  3:46                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  4:08                       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25  4:25                         ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-25  4:27                         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25  5:53                           ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-25  4:52                         ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-25  9:08                     ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-25 17:27                       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 20:30                         ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-26  2:51                           ` Alan Cox
2002-05-26  4:11                             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-26 19:37                               ` Alan Cox
2002-05-26 20:05                                 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-27 15:27                                 ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-25 22:33                         ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-26  0:07                           ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 20:34                             ` Pierre Cloutier
2002-05-26  0:44                               ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-25 21:03                                 ` Pierre Cloutier
2002-05-26  0:39                             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-26  3:12                               ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-05-26  4:20                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-26  4:25                                   ` yodaiken
2002-05-26 13:50                                   ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-05-26  3:28                               ` patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP - Warning actual technical content yodaiken
2002-05-26  3:36                                 ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26  4:00                                   ` Andrew Morton
2002-05-26  5:38                                     ` Karim Yaghmour
2002-05-26  1:21                             ` patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Roman Zippel
2002-05-26  5:44                             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-05-27  4:12                         ` Calin A. Culianu
2002-05-25  9:05                 ` Robert Schwebel
2002-05-25  8:59               ` Realtime Linux Situation Robert Schwebel
2002-05-24 21:57           ` patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Andreas Dilger
2002-05-24 22:37             ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 23:09               ` Andreas Dilger
2002-05-27 17:36               ` Siemens powermanagment patent? [was Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]] Pavel Machek
2002-05-27 21:36                 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 21:56         ` patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Alexander Viro
2002-05-24 22:46         ` Alan Cox
2002-05-24 22:53           ` Alexander Viro
2002-05-27 21:52 Adam J. Richter
2002-05-27 23:26 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-28  6:29 peter
2002-05-28 11:42 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-29 11:25 Robert Kaiser
2002-05-30 22:37 patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17) ] Ed Vance

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