From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 03:21:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 03:21:11 -0400 Received: from science.horizon.com ([192.35.100.1]:28489 "HELO science.horizon.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 28 May 2002 03:21:11 -0400 Date: 28 May 2002 07:21:07 -0000 Message-ID: <20020528072107.13169.qmail@science.horizon.com> From: peter@horizon.com To: andre@linux-ide.org Subject: Re: Over Reaction! [Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]] Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peter@horizon.com In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Obviously it would be in everyone's best interest to set a position of > live and let live. Everyone assumes they are going to do the wrong thing, > and that shows how the general community is thinking how do I get my piece > of the pie. I guess we have reached the level of BSD now. Perhaps I didn't take enough care in emphasizing >> I don't mean to accuse Red Hat of anything in advance of the evidence I'm worried, but still hopeful. For starters, Alan Cox is on the inside, and I own T-shirts describing his opinion on software patents. I just wanted to echo Adam Richter's statement that Red Hat's actions are going to have broad consequences, and I hope they'll think about them carefully. He showed remarkable insight, and expressed it very well.