linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH

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Message-ID: <21406.1241451636@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Mon, 04 May 2009 11:40:36 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	tridge@...ba.org
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ogawa Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option

On Mon, 04 May 2009 08:25:05 +1000, tridge@...ba.org said:

> I am trying to get that to happen, and I do realise that getting a
> lawyer to publicly explain the situation would be really
> worthwhile. Unfortunately lawyers are (mostly) very shy of making
> public statements of this type, because the legal consequences of
> making these statements can be non-trivial.

OK - so it isn't that you *can't* explain it yourself due to a gag order of
some sort, it's that it's a creeping horror convoluted mess and you're afraid
you'll stuff up the explanation without professional assistance.

Do I have that right?



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