Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:55:06AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:38:15AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 09:08:34AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:39:19AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 07:21:19AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > > > Bringing the patch to a public mailing list is a waste of time until
> > > > > there's a reliable description of the problem you're trying to solve.
> > > > 
> > > > Please see the original patch.  It does describes what it is doing.
> > > 
> > > "What", but not "Why".  Which is only acceptable in GNU changelogs ;-)
> > 
> > ;-)
> > 
> > > Matthew Wilcox			Intel Open Source Technology Centre
> > 
> > Given your affiliation, you should have access to people with whom
> > you can have a meaningful conversation on the non-technical issues,
> > but without putting the Linux community at risk.
> 
> 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!  ;-)

> 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!!!

							Thanx, Paul
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