Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:04:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:03:46 -0400 Received: from marc2.theaimsgroup.com ([63.238.77.172]:7694 "EHLO marc2.theaimsgroup.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:02:38 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:06:56 -0400 Message-Id: <200208262006.g7QK6uH29932@marc2.theaimsgroup.com> From: Hank Leininger Reply-To: Hank Leininger To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE:Re: TUX2 filesystem X-Shameless-Plug: Check out http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ X-Warning: This mail posted via a web gateway at marc.theaimsgroup.com X-Warning: Report any violation of list policy to abuse@progressive-comp.com X-Posted-By: Hank Leininger Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1150 Lines: 33 On 2002-08-26, wrote: > what patent issues.??? [ Please beat your mail{reader,vendor} into defaulting to bottom-posting ] > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 Daniel Phillips wrote: > > Maybe yourself, Daniel, care to comment ? > It's well down my list of priorities because of uncertainties due to > the U.S. patent system. > > Does anybody want to know if patent chill exists, and is it hurting > open source? The answer is yes. I'm guessing Daniel is referring to NetApp/WAFL issues. NetApp's WAFL filesystem (IIRC) implements something which is kinda sorta if-you-squint- your-eyes philosophically similar to tux2's phase tree. Only a) It isn't *really* all that similar b) Daniel has prior art going back to the 1980's c) NetApp has more lawyers on staff than Daniel does Daniel, did I get it vaguely right? -- Hank Leininger - 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/