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    SubjectRe: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]
    [Andrew Morton removed from CC: list as he doesn't want to be on it...]

    Hi,

    At 21:26 24/05/02, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
    >[ speaking for myself in this whole email, and CC'ed l-k ]
    >
    >On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 11:03:25AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
    > > software patent on Tux... http://lwn.net/daily/

    This patent was filed on August 22, 2001. If this is after the code came
    into public existence this would constitute prior art and hence invalidate
    the patent... Of course I have no idea when the code you pointed out was
    released...

    In either case, software patents are not allowed in the European Union
    (yet), so we would just need to have an european kernel... (-;

    Best regards,

    Anton


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