linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] seccomp trap to userspace

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Message-ID: <20180807122315.q4uxhjxoejv2jg5x@mailbox.org>
Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2018 14:23:15 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Akihiro Suda <suda.akihiro@....ntt.co.jp>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] seccomp trap to userspace

On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 09:19:04PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 8:30 PM, Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 08:44:42PM -0600, Tycho Andersen wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Dinesh Subhraveti has claimed that some part of this series might be
> >> patented. While he has not furnished me with anything to confirm this
> >> claim, I'll put this series on hold.
> >
> > Hey man,
> >
> > Sorry to hear that your faced with such nonsense, Tycho. This is utter
> > bullsh*t of course. If you have more details at some point and feel
> > comfortable doing so it would probably be good to share them here.
> 
> IANAL, but I think it would probably *not* be good to share them here.
> Patent law is seriously fucked up like that.

**ugh**. Yeah, you're probably right. My thought was that in the face of
publicity this nonesense might go away quickly.

Christian