Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:49:19 +0200 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.10pre7aa1 |
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:40:37PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > BTW, I fixed a few more issues in the rcu patch (grep for > > down_interruptible for instance), here an updated patch (will be > > included in 2.4.10pre8aa1 [or later -aa]) with the name of rcu-2. > > I've been made aware of one other isue with the RCU patch > US Patent #05442758 > > In the absence of an actual real signed header paper patent use grant for GPL > usage from the Sequent folks that seems to be rather hard to fix.
many thanks for the info. Since I live in Italy I should be safe to use it and to contribute the developement until Sequent/IBM fixes the legal problem. As far I can tell it's quite obviously just a theorical problem but it was very worth noticing.
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