From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 18:13:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 18:13:38 -0400 Received: from mark.mielke.cc ([216.209.85.42]:54535 "EHLO mark.mielke.cc") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 26 May 2002 18:13:36 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 18:07:21 -0400 From: Mark Mielke To: Karim Yaghmour Cc: Larry McVoy , yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Roman Zippel , David Woodhouse , "Albert D. Cahalan" , Linus Torvalds , Wolfgang Denk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] Message-ID: <20020526180721.A28052@mark.mielke.cc> In-Reply-To: <20020526082142.C18843@hq.fsmlabs.com> <20020526105506.A20002@hq.fsmlabs.com> <3CF122CA.EFE2D328@opersys.com> <20020526112951.B30610@work.bitmover.com> <3CF1578E.774DF802@opersys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 05:45:50PM -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote: > Larry McVoy wrote: > > Ask a lawyer. > ... > > Sounds like you need a lawyer. > ... > In one single mail about the rtlinux patent issue you have to tell me 5 times > to see a lawyer and you expect developers to actually evaluate Linux for real > use in real-time apps? I doubt developers spend much time evaluating any more than the technical details. Developers shouldn't be expected to evaluate fields that are not within their expertise. No sensible company would put the ball entirely in the court of one or three developers. mark -- mark@mielke.cc/markm@ncf.ca/markm@nortelnetworks.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/