Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755619AbZJ3Fmi (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:42:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755162AbZJ3Fmi (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:42:38 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:61594 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754806AbZJ3Fmh (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:42:37 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=gRsrg6C7afnHHw2+YNU/gR+90sl5W97uMnpSU28AJgsZwmpwzbYrUHp4lXlQa8+pR9 khZWtXwsc4gKT+CzPowZyZFiMWI9kI78jsXw/J2uVAZCPDD/PxSBhBTBhpzYKWNv/wEE JNwLLCQGgpgajPF2YiLzA0sB438hr0hn5kk5o= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:42:41 -0500 Message-ID: <73a01bf20910292242j4558da75i221293bc10cdc867@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: FatELF patches... From: Rayson Ho To: "Ryan C. Gordon" Cc: 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: 1177 Lines: 31 On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: > What's the best way to get this moving towards the mainline? It's not > clear to me who the binfmt_elf maintainer would be. Is this something that > should go to Andrew Morton for the -mm tree? Can we first find out whether it is safe from a legal point of view?? After the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, we should be way more careful. Like it or not, Apple invented universal binaries in 1993, and so far we are not able to find any prior arts... If we integrate something that infringes Apple's patent, then Apple can ban all the Linux distributions and devices from shipping. Rayson > > --ryan. > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/