From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261733AbTLSHfa (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:35:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261758AbTLSHfa (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:35:30 -0500 Received: from mtvcafw.sgi.com ([192.48.171.6]:47325 "EHLO zok.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261733AbTLSHf1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Dec 2003 02:35:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:38:15 -0800 From: Paul Jackson To: Lennert Buytenhek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] use of patented algorithms in the kernel ok or not? Message-Id: <20031218233815.0e34075e.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20031218231137.GA13652@gnu.org> References: <20031218231137.GA13652@gnu.org> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org If you are not the patent holder and are not licensed by them, then I don't think you have the right to be publishing code using it, anywhere, Linux kernel or elsewhere. And I presume that if we found code in the kernel that used a patent that had not been released by its holder for use under the GPL, we would rip that code out. And I am not a lawyer. You should ignore my advice above, and obtain the council of a qualified attorney, before continuing on the path you considering. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373