Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264113AbTIINiF (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:38:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264114AbTIINiE (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:38:04 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:24453 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264113AbTIINiC (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:38:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Use of AI for process scheduling -- deja-vu all over again From: Alan Cox To: Vagn Scott Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3F5D642D.33C98444@ranok.com> References: <3F5D642D.33C98444@ranok.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063114613.30109.16.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:36:53 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 799 Lines: 20 On Maw, 2003-09-09 at 06:25, Vagn Scott wrote: > Remember this guy? > > http://www.iit.edu/~elrad/esep.html > > The old GA plug-in scheduler from 2.0. > At the bottom of the page he indicates he's got a patent on it, too. He released the Linux one GPL so he's already granted GPL usage rights (see the GPL license). If he wants to make a lot of money of proprietary vendors by playing the US patent game so be it. I imagine anyone who wants it will just countersue him for something bogus and take it as part of the settlement when he goes bankrupt. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/