Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <[e-mail]> Larry McVoy wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 05:22:43PM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > To get a free patent license, EVERYTHING must be GPL.
> > Not just the real-time part! So that would be:
> > 
> > 1. the RT microkernel (OK)
> > 2. the RT "app"       (OK)
> > 3. Linux itself       (OK)
> > 4. normal Linux apps  (ouch!)
> 
> Whether that is true or not I don't know.  But I do know that if all the
> stuff was GPLed, then you are safe no matter what, right?  In other words,
> there is a path you can take which makes it safe.  And according to all the
> RTAI people, that path should be completely acceptable, they all are quick
> to tell you that everything they do (now) is GPLed and that's how they want
> it.  If that's true, no worries.  I suspect the reality is that some/most
> of the code is GPLed but there is some critical chunk that is not GPLed 
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> and you don't get source and that's the revenue stream.  If I'm wrong, the
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> RTAI folks have nothing to worry about.

We do have to worry something about: people like  you  who  not  only
spread FUD, but also lies and insults.

Larry, I consider this a personal insult, and hereby request you  (1)
to withdraw this statement in public and (2) to apologize to the RTAI
comunity for it.

Wolfgang Denk

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