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    SubjectRe: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]
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    In message <20020525134709.L405@marta> Kurt Wall wrote:
    >
    > > You can dimiss those who haven't chosen #4 as much as you want and
    > > find all the reasons to justify your dismissal. It remains that the
    > > embedded/rt market is closed to Linux because of the current situation.
    >
    > That dog won't hunt. There are more players in the Linux embedded/RT space
    > than RTAI and RTLinux, which you have conveniently overlooked throughout
    > this entire thread. Maybe at this time none of them are ready for $300
    > IPO pops, but you can't make the argument that "RT is closed to Linux"
    > when your only data points are RTAI and RTLinux.

    ...which are the only available free / GPL solutions. This is reason
    enough to be scared. And some versions of RTLinux are not even
    available under GPL (like RTLinux for MPC8xx CPUs). RTAI _is_
    available, and under GPL, but the reputation is suffering under he
    patent FUD.

    Wolfgang Denk

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