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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:35:36 -0800 From: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@...mail.com> To: "lkcl@...l.net" <lkcl@...l.net> CC: "mjg59@...f.ucam.org" <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: On EOMA-68 patent licensing... I read this: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3102545&cid=41270883 "to explain: the patents are there to protect people from physical harm due to the possibility of idiotic companies creating non-interoperable products that could potentially short-circuit things e.g. a lithium battery. if the scope of this project was to sell only 50,000 units maximum, we would not bother with the patents. however, given that the volume of units is expected to reach several million per year, there is no way in hell that we can leave this to "self-policing"." Makes me wonder what would happen if something similar was tried with EFI or ACPI? Yuhong Bao -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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