Re: RTAI/RtLinux

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Sun, 26 May 2002 00:17:21 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 26 May 2002, Kevin O'Connor wrote:

> Using an analogy, consider what would occur if a company revealed it had a
> patent on some key part of the Linux dcache - a patent free for all GPL
> users, but requiring a license for any commercial code. In theory this
> isn't a problem

Oh, yes it is. GPL and commercial DO NOT COVER EVERYTHING, damnit.
And I don't fscking care for Oracle, IBM, etc. - there are folks doing
stuff under other free licenses and I find casual dismissing them
from consideration disgusting at extreme. Especially if you take care
to count the amounts of good ideas that came from, say it, CSRG folks
and from Oracle. Good ideas we are using. Shame...

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