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Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:12:08 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
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On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:22:52AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:10:24AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:55:06AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > Indeed I do have access to lawyers.  But what use is that?  I could
> > > presumably get an opinion for myself that I would not then be able to
> > > share outside of Intel.
> > 
> > I am glad you understand our situation, then!  ;-)
> 
> I'm assuming my situation would be analagous to yours.  That doesn't
> mean that I understand your situation at all.
> 
> > > Can't you get the SFLC to issue a public legal opinion for you?  Or maybe
> > > the Linux Foundation?
> > 
> > I have no clue whether this would work, but it is certainly worth
> > exploring.  Thank you for the tip!!!
> 
> No problem.  I'm always looking for ways to solve problems.
> 
> I've never trusted advice from IBM laywers, ever since Greg spouted some
> utter rubbish about the Copyright symbol that completely contradicts
> US law.

Doubt is good when dealing with lawyers :)

But what was wrong with what they told us to do with regards to how to
specify the copyright on a file?  I don't recall seeing anything that
contridicted what I was told, but that was many many years ago, so I
probably am forgetting...

thanks,

greg k-h