Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 May 2002 19:36:11 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Siemens powermanagment patent? [was Re: patent on O_ATOMICLOOKUP [Re: [PATCH] loopable tmpfs (2.4.17)]] |
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Hi!
> > What, so there are _no_ patents or other restrictions on any of then > > commercial embedded OS vendor products? I would imagine that you need > > to pay some sort of license fee to those vendors in order to use their > > code for products you sell. > > Thousands of them. Some of them like the Siemens power management patent > really hurt Linux too.
Can you elaborate on this one?
> I'd suggest Andrea does something else. Ask the Red Hat people for a formal > confirmation he can use it, just like IBM with RCU. I have this funny feeling > that he'll get an extremely positive response.
Does he need to ask permission? Code is GPL-ed, "no additional restrictions" in GPL should shield him... Pavel
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