On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 00:11, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

> However, I am aware that there is a patent on this algorithm, exclusively
> licensed to a major manufacturer of networking equipment.

a patent in which country ?

Maybe we need a CONFIG_USA so that we can enhance the kernel for
non-unitedstatians while keeping it safe to run in that one country with
the patents as well.