Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757272AbYJGWzx (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:55:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754497AbYJGWzk (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:55:40 -0400 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.171]:17547 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754471AbYJGWzi (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:55:38 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=gASF4YQ98xKkroTKSRqQYCS/WJUBRpZ18WzyXu/RkLcdbHlKByainOkvGkudN/8urO eiHmcpteh88/BycAlrHJT6NBc3unNu5x5dsY36mL0goX6BzVTfl7md1rgYLhJSNOgnpe T5yVwdlHHkF65MOtcs56u2oe+gj2h6OlpUYo0= Message-ID: <41840b750810071555k7cef48b4m7e7b89583928a5be@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:55:37 -0400 From: "Shem Multinymous" To: "Greg KH" Subject: Re: Laptop shock detection and harddisk protection Cc: "Pavel Machek" , "Thomas Renninger" , "Tejun Heo" , "Elias Oltmanns" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , "IDE/ATA development list" In-Reply-To: <20081007211905.GB8151@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48C7FCEE.8060404@kernel.org> <20080917180405.GB3162@kroah.com> <20080918111845.GH27832@elf.ucw.cz> <200809191104.00171.trenn@suse.de> <20080924051417.GA29993@kroah.com> <20081007204011.GG6604@elf.ucw.cz> <20081007211905.GB8151@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1010 Lines: 23 I've been staying off the public discussion to avoid fuelling the flame; my position has been stated earlier and in private communication. But at this point I must go on record: On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Greg KH wrote: > - this code was written by an anonymous person, using documents or > information that was obtained and used in a manner that was not > legal according to their employment agreement. The above statement is false. I have never had access to non-public ThinkPad specifications as part of my employment, nor have I been employed by anyone who (to my knowledge) even possesses non-public ThinkPad specifications. I have contacted Greg KH privately in an effort to clarify the source of his false impression. Shem -- 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/