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SubjectRe: who is merlin.fit.vutbr.cz?
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 10:31:43PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> > RCU for BitKeeper trees? :-)
>
> Last I heard, RCU is patented by IBM, with permission to use it in GPL
> programs (maybe limited to version 2 of the GPL?), so that Linux can use it.

This is really astonishing. It is not possible to say one thing about
bitkeeper without descending into a discussion on patents and licenses!

Amazing.

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