Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 May 2002 09:25:57 -0700 | From | Larry McVoy <> | Subject | Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)] |
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On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:20:22PM -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote: > > Larry McVoy wrote: > > 4. Contact FSMlabs, ask about licensing costs, compare to #3 and go with > > #4 if it makes sense. > > Many people have said this before and I will say it again: Linux is > fine as an open-source/free-software rtos, but as a non-free rtos it > has no chance in front of the competition. > > 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.
Hmm, then why did Lineo license the patent? Why is FSMlabs still in business?
I don't buy your assertions for one second without some strong data to back them up. Just saying something doesn't make it so, show me the data. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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