Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]
Thomas Gleixner (gleixner@autronix.de)
Sun, 26 May 2002 00:19:28 +0200
On Sunday, 26. May 2002 00:05, Larry McVoy wrote:
>
> Hey, I said "I suspect". You can scream all you want but if the facts are
> that the patent license allows 100% GPLed stuff for free, and you are
> saying that it is all 100% GPLed, and yet you continue to complain, what
> conclusion would you like people to draw? I'm pointing out the obvious
> one.
There's nothing obvious, if somebody complains about a questionable software
patent and it's possible consequences for Linux.
Your "suspection" is just impertinent. Check out the source from CVS and look
for the missing critical chunk, before heating up the flamewar.
--
Thomas
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