linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] drm

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:50:53 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	tytso@....edu
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stephane.marchesin@...il.com,
	madman2003@...il.com, xavier.bestel@...e.fr, airlied@...ux.ie,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.sf.net
Subject: Re: [git pull] drm

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:45:41 -0500
tytso@....edu wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 08:20:57PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> > 
> > Well the main thing was I wasn't mean to discuss possible legal issues
> > and still don't have permission, you know as well as I do once lawyers are
> > involved you have to keep out of things until they deal with them.
> 
> The thing which really surprises me is that if there are legally
> dubious issues, why on *earth* did Red Hat allow Fedora to ship said
> code?

The thing which really surprises me is that if there are legal questions
involved why on *earth* do people keep asking them on public mailing
lists when they know the lawyers views/opinions/decisions will not be
publishable there ?

Ted, you of all people know that if you want to get an answer that isn't
the way to get it.

Alan
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