linux-kernel - Re: A proposal

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Date:	Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:59:04 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Jack Lo <jlo@...are.com>
Subject: Re: A proposal - binary

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 03:45:29PM -0700, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> >...it should be very easy to opensource simple 'something' layer. If
> >it is so complex it is 'hard' to opensource, it is missdesigned,
> >anyway... so fix the design.
> >  
> 
> It's not a design issue - it's a legal issue at this point, and one that 
> I'm not qualified to come up with a good answer for.

Then I suggest you press these issues with those within your company who
are qualified to answer it.  Otherwise we will not get anywhere with
this line of discussion :(

As someone who has dealt with many corporate lawyers with topics like
this, I wish you lots of luck,

greg k-h
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