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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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