Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:41:48 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 00:18, Lee Revell wrote: > On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 23:45, Ryan Anderson wrote: > > RCU - originally a paper, implemented in Dynix and in other operating > > systems from the paper (and patent), implemented in Linux as well. > > You could also make a strong argument that that patent is invalid > because RCU is obvious.
(replying to myself to avert flames) OK, after reading the RCU docs, in all fairness there is a lot more to it than I described, in particular the database analogy is not quite valid because most of the hard parts are handled automagically by the DB. But, my point remains valid, RCU seems like too general a concept to be patentable, and would probably be obvious to many people on this list.
Lee
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