Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268069AbUI1WHi (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:07:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268066AbUI1WGy (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:06:54 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.195]:16247 "EHLO mproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268069AbUI1WGK (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:06:10 -0400 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:06:09 +0200 From: Ed Schouten Reply-To: Ed Schouten To: Rahul Karnik Subject: Re: [Patch] i386: Xbox support Cc: Nick Piggin , Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <5b64f7f04092814456d333892@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <65184.217.121.83.210.1096308147.squirrel@217.121.83.210> <4158AA5B.8090601@yahoo.com.au> <415915F0.2000803@yahoo.com.au> <20040928090641.GC18819@elf.ucw.cz> <41592C64.3030409@yahoo.com.au> <5b64f7f04092814456d333892@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1127 Lines: 28 On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:45:33 -0400, Rahul Karnik wrote: > Linus rejected a similar (slightly larger patch) last year. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=105819036500001&r=1&w=2 > > That said, he does change his mind. Is this still a "politically hot potato"? >From my point of view it isn't. Xbox-Linux already exists for three years and Microsoft still haven't done anything against it. It would be silly if they would file a lawsuit against us, after three years. If they would, it would be useless anyway. Quote from xbox-linux.org: "Everything done on this project is for the sole purpose of writing interoperable software under Sect. 1201 (f) Reverse Engineering exception of the DMCA." Sect. 1201 (f) can be read here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/1201.html#f Yours, -- Ed Schouten Website: http://g-rave.nl/ - 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/