From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262119AbTLSIwg (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 03:52:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262139AbTLSIwg (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 03:52:36 -0500 Received: from node-d-1fcf.a2000.nl ([62.195.31.207]:36224 "EHLO laptop.fenrus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262119AbTLSIwe (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 03:52:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [OT] use of patented algorithms in the kernel ok or not? From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Lennert Buytenhek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20031218231137.GA13652@gnu.org> References: <20031218231137.GA13652@gnu.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-7Cp94D/GBUHs2s0FJ1Nk" Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-Id: <1071823624.5223.1.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:47:05 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-7Cp94D/GBUHs2s0FJ1Nk Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --=-7Cp94D/GBUHs2s0FJ1Nk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/4rsIxULwo51rQBIRAnAeAJ45Xv8X+hftpLKzdqlrxtRnDvgEBwCeItRf PnhQ49vj7RZyXH9Xyaw03kw= =DMz6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-7Cp94D/GBUHs2s0FJ1Nk--