From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 16:04:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 16:04:24 -0400 Received: from mark.mielke.cc ([216.209.85.42]:47631 "EHLO mark.mielke.cc") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 16:04:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 15:58:10 -0400 From: Mark Mielke To: Daniel Phillips Cc: "Rose, Billy" , "'Alan Cox'" , Roman Zippel , "'Karim Yaghmour'" , yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A reply on the RTLinux discussion. Message-ID: <20020529155810.B22536@mark.mielke.cc> In-Reply-To: <4188788C3E1BD411AA60009027E92DFD0962E2F2@loisexc2.loislaw.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 Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:46:46PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > What we're really discussing is whether we're willing to allow patent > restrictions to inhibit the growth of Linux in new areas that go beyond > its traditional IT role, and further, whether we're willing to accept > such restrictions from people or companies that depend on Linux for > their sustenance, and who have benefitted from the lack of such > restrictions as they wish to impose on others. Unless Linux is released under a stricter license, I don't know how much effect 'whether we're willing to accept such restrictions' will have. People can theorize that software patents make no sense, but that opinion alone does not invalidate them. 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/