Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:59:30 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: large page patch (fwd) (fwd) |
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > Having a license that explicitly states that people who > > contribute and use Linux shouldn't sue you over it might > > prevent some problems. > > The thing is, if you own the patent, and you sneaked the code into the > kernel, you will almost certainly be laughed out of court for trying to > enforce it.
Apparently not everybody agrees on this:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-884681.html
regards,
Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".
http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/
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