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Message-ID: <7wy7ik2kj4.fsf@gmdev.webwayone.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:42:07 +0100 From: Graham Murray <gmurray@...wayone.co.uk> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Versioning file system "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com> writes: > This already exists -- it just not open sourced, and you could spend > years trying to create it. Trust me, once you start dealing with the > distributed issues with this, its gets very complex. I am not meaning > to discourage you, but there are patents already filed on this on > Linux. So you need to consider these as well, and there are several > folks who are already doing this or have done it. If it goes into > Microsoft endorsed cross licensed Linuxes It may be ok (Vertias sold > this capability to Microsoft already, about 12 patents there to worry > over). There's also another patent filed as well. It's a noble > effort to do a free version, but be aware there's some big guns with > patents out there already, not to mention doing this is complex beyond > belief. Would such patents still be valid? He does not seem to be describing anything that the ICL VME/B operating system did not do in the 1970s, so any applicable patents should have eithe expired by now or be invalidated by prior art. - 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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