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No Software Patent

Posted May 5, 2009 13:59 UTC (Tue) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: No Software Patent by patrick_g
Parent article: Long discussions about long names

> Why the kernel should be modified for a problem in one country ?

Because this specific country rules the whole world, especially the whole computing world. At least for now.

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No Software Patent

Posted May 5, 2009 14:26 UTC (Tue) by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470) [Link]

> Because this specific country rules the whole world, especially the whole computing world.

I've googled for "map kernel linux world" and the result is here : http://labor-liber.org/images/developers.map.jpeg
According to this map (Ok this is Debian devs and not kernel hackers) it's difficult to conclude that US rules the whole computing world.

No Software Patent

Posted May 5, 2009 14:34 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Well..

A) Most countries are not the USA, but most developed countries have patent treaties with the USA. Most companies producing software and hardware have USA as a big hunk of their target market.

B) The discussion coming from IBM and friends is adding a kernel option to disable long file name write support. Nobody is talking about eliminating it completely or by default.