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

From: Mark Mielke (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Date: Sun May 26 2002 - 17:07:21 EST

On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 05:45:50PM -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote:
> Larry McVoy wrote:
> > Ask a lawyer.
> ...
> > Sounds like you need a lawyer.
> ...
> In one single mail about the rtlinux patent issue you have to tell me 5 times
> to see a lawyer and you expect developers to actually evaluate Linux for real
> use in real-time apps?

I doubt developers spend much time evaluating any more than the technical
details.

Developers shouldn't be expected to evaluate fields that are not within
their expertise. No sensible company would put the ball entirely in the
court of one or three developers.

mark 

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