Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753110AbZJZPur (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752945AbZJZPur (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:47 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com ([209.85.220.218]:60120 "EHLO mail-fx0-f218.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752912AbZJZPuq (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:46 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=qXYv1tiyI2sjXBUrtRqX/0XJcebXz9z6zLd70uzF5VAuFfJyWGB+XDUBntaM/rqk0i FqP370a3WXF1oaAV8odYW8z7+TrOYhU+uhEriC8TMiNhv3HZB2blRnjN93UdbDVQ6+3J T407yCyFiQ/Gd0QJBH1GvT5ZHMRb41oeCy5U0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:50:50 -0500 Message-ID: <73a01bf20910260850v215385e6q2cbbf9133acd5e1e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: FatELF & patents From: Rayson Ho To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 541 Lines: 17 Just a heads up... Apple (NeXT) patented the technologies behind universal binaries: "Method and apparatus for architecture independent executable files" http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MQQnAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=b3wiAAAAEBAJ (Patent 5432937, 5604905) Rayson -- 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/