Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266117AbUJHXOH (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:14:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266128AbUJHXN6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:13:58 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:31974 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265971AbUJHXNs (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:13:48 -0400 Message-ID: <41671F1B.1050907@pobox.com> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 19:13:31 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040922 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Eric W. Biederman" , Greg KH CC: openib-general@openib.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [openib-general] InfiniBand incompatible with the Linux kernel? References: <20041008202247.GA9653@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1273 Lines: 36 Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > >>[2] Sure, any person who has a copy of the kernel source tree could be a >>target for any of a zillion other potential claims, nothing new there, >>but the point here is they are explicitly stating that they will go >>after non-IBTA members who touch IB code[3]. > > > Greg I see nothing to back up the idea that IBTA intends to go after > non-members. I simply see a disclaimer of warranty, and I see wording > by your anonymous source that restates a disclaimer of warranty. Well, let's not rely on anonymous sources and go straight to the web site, shall we? Ordering copies of the spec, for non-members: http://www.infinibandta.org/specs/How_to_Order_IBTA_Specifications.pdf Key note: use of spec is only granted for NON-COMMERCIAL use Now, let's look at the membership agreement for IBTA: http://www.infinibandta.org/meminfo/mem-agreement.pdf Key note: The point is made repeatedly that there are no patent grants simply by being a member. - 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/