Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:10:59 +0300 | From | Matti Aarnio <> | Subject | Re: Tux2 - evil patents sighted |
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 09:42:04AM -0700, Thomas Davis wrote: > Ion Badulescu wrote: ... > > For another fine example of GPL technology covered by a parent, check out: > > > > http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US06049528__ > > > > This a patent filed by Sun in June 1997 and awarded in April 2000 which > > covers very well the ethernet bonding device in Linux 2.2.x. > > > > I wonder if the equalizer device present in Linux kernels since before > > 1996 could count as prior art. IANAL, of course. > > Or, even better, the fact that Ethernet bonding has been available as a > Linux patch since about 1995..
I am fairly sure that that is in series of "will patent that so that nobody can ransom us"... (Like IBM did with HTML.)
Surprisingly I don't see any patent at Cisco Systems which relates to that ? They have been doing ether-channel for ages, but perhaps their solution is just an implementation of Sun's idea ?
> I'm sure Donald Becker could produce prior art on that one! > -- > ------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Davis | PDSF Project Leader > tadavis@lbl.gov |
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