From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758238AbXFPOGP (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:06:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755881AbXFPOF7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:05:59 -0400 Received: from ppsw-3.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.133]:43171 "EHLO ppsw-3.csi.cam.ac.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756133AbXFPOF6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:05:58 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 2959 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:05:57 EDT X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ From: Mark Williamson To: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" Subject: Re: Versioning file system Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:15:57 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: Jack Stone , alan , hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk References: <46731169.2090002@hawkeye.stone.uk.eu.org> <4673B15B.2080300@wolfmountaingroup.com> <4673B77E.1000803@wolfmountaingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <4673B77E.1000803@wolfmountaingroup.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706161415.57633.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I reviewed your sample implementation, and it appears to infringe 3 > patents already. You should do some research on this. ~~~~ Are you able to tell us which areas of the code infringe existing patents? Cheers, Mark -- Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels. Mark: My wheel has a wheel!