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Message-ID: <87o96dxiic.fsf@toke.dk>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 22:18:03 +0100
From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To: "Tilmans\, Olivier \(Nokia - BE\/Antwerp\)"
<olivier.tilmans@...ia-bell-labs.com>,
Olga Albisser <olgabnd@...il.com>,
"netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Olga Albisser <olga@...isser.org>,
"De Schepper\, Koen \(Nokia - BE\/Antwerp\)"
<koen.de_schepper@...ia-bell-labs.com>,
Bob Briscoe <research@...briscoe.net>,
Henrik Steen <henrist@...rist.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] sched: add dualpi2 scheduler module
"Tilmans, Olivier (Nokia - BE/Antwerp)"
<olivier.tilmans@...ia-bell-labs.com> writes:
>> I noticed that there's an IPR disclosure filed at the IETF[0] claiming a
>> patent on the algorithm. I'm curious if you know whether Nokia has an
>> official position on the use of that patent in this implementation if it
>> becomes part of the kernel? :)
>
> Hi Toke,
>
> My understanding is that the GPLv2 is ambiguous wrt. patent licensing,
> which is unfortunate as it is the current license of this code.
Yup, that is partly why I'm asking :)
> I'll get an official statement from our legal department regarding the
> use of the patent in the context of the Linux kernel, hopefully in a
> reasonable timeframe as a few key people are currently on vacations.
Great, thanks!
-Toke
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