linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH

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Date:	Mon, 4 May 2009 11:14:21 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, tridge@...ba.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steve French <smfrench@...il.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, May 04, 2009 at 11:54:14AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:49:31AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Ah, but you are not simply asking us to -do- our homework, but also to
> > make that homework public on LKML.  Please note that Matthew's earlier
> > email indicates that he does not expect to be able to convince his
> > employer to make such homework public.
> 
> I have no data upon which to make a judgement as to the probability
> of my lawyer doing anything.  The implication I took away from your
> words earlier in this thread is that _no_ lawyer is going to permit
> this homework to be published.  Maybe Intel's lawyers differ with IBM's
> lawyers on this point.  I wouldn't know.

You could certainly ask them.

							Thanx, Paul

> But all you're hearing from me is an echo of your own assertions, not
> a concurrence.
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
> "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
> operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
> a retrograde step."
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