From: Hank Leininger <linux-kernel@progressive-comp.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE:Re: TUX2 filesystem
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:06:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200208262006.g7QK6uH29932@marc2.theaimsgroup.com> (raw)
On 2002-08-26, <Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net> wrote:
> what patent issues.???
[ Please beat your mail{reader,vendor} into defaulting to bottom-posting ]
> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de> wrote:
> > Maybe yourself, Daniel, care to comment ?
> It's well down my list of priorities because of uncertainties due to
> the U.S. patent system.
>
> Does anybody want to know if patent chill exists, and is it hurting
> open source? The answer is yes.
I'm guessing Daniel is referring to NetApp/WAFL issues. NetApp's WAFL
filesystem (IIRC) implements something which is kinda sorta if-you-squint-
your-eyes philosophically similar to tux2's phase tree. Only
a) It isn't *really* all that similar
b) Daniel has prior art going back to the 1980's
c) NetApp has more lawyers on staff than Daniel does
Daniel, did I get it vaguely right?
--
Hank Leininger <hlein@progressive-comp.com>
next reply other threads:[~2002-08-26 20:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-26 20:06 Hank Leininger [this message]
2002-08-27 3:21 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-08-28 22:49 ` Daniel Mose
2002-08-28 23:14 ` yodaiken
2002-09-01 21:56 ` Daniel Phillips
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2002-08-26 19:14 Hell.Surfers
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