Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753452AbZGIHeU (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:34:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751332AbZGIHeJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:34:09 -0400 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:41226 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750811AbZGIHeI (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:34:08 -0400 Message-ID: <4A559D6A.4000409@davidnewall.com> Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:04:02 +0930 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: OGAWA Hirofumi , tridge@samba.org, Alan Cox , James Bottomley , Martin Steigerwald , Jan Engelhardt , Theodore Tso , Rusty Russell , john.lanza@linux.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Kleikamp , corbet@lwn.net, jcm@jonmasters.org Subject: Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES regressions References: <19026.38137.63807.427511@samba.org> <200907072356.51553.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <19028.3736.892828.352905@samba.org> <20090708110451.1092afa7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1247066878.4159.153.camel@mulgrave.site> <20090708163736.0f98e7e0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1247069202.4159.212.camel@mulgrave.site> <20090708171848.21633768@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <19029.29008.522539.547122@samba.org> <87skh68lys.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <20090709072113.GC7992@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20090709072113.GC7992@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1081 Lines: 25 Pavel Machek wrote: > On Thu 2009-07-09 14:27:39, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > >> You are talking different thing than patch. Please stop it. >> > > Outside of U.S., the patch makes obviously no sense. I think it does make sense outside of the USA. Australia's previous Prime Minister, Bonsai, signed a free trade agreement with Warmerica and therefore the patent should be considered an active threat there, too. While the patch seems too flawed, Andrew's approach, namely looking to work around the patent, is sound. In fact it's more than sound, it's a brilliant attack for the reasons he stated. Given the negative attitude displayed towards Andrew's approach, I think it's appropriate for him to get the policy clarified before he wastes any more of his time on the technical issues. I applaud his efforts in this regard. -- 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/