Re: OSDL Patent Commons for Linux

[Jon Masters]

On 11/16/05, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Someone needs ping Novell about patent  6,728,959 for SMP Strong
> Affinity and get it added to the patent commons project at OSDL.  It
> will help defeat  any claims brought by that certain Lindon Utah company
> owning SMP in Linux.   I noticed Novell has signed up but not placed any
> patents into the project.  Just thought I'd remind folks.  Linux uses
> strong affinity in much of its architecture.  Having that patent in the
> commons will remove any claims that Linux SMP infringes Unix.

Interesting. We're researching a piece on "Patent Commons" at the
moment (linuxuser.co.uk) so I'll pass that along.

Jon.
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