Patents don't warrant a fork
Patents don't warrant a fork
Posted Dec 4, 2008 8:45 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: KSM runs into patent trouble by Felix.Braun
Parent article: KSM runs into patent trouble
Other projects had such issues for years. GIF patend, IDEA (ecryption algorythm) patent, etc. They all just had switches to enable them (default is "disabled", of course). Remember: kernel source can not infringe the patent - it's just a bunch of text. If you want to create binary - it's up to you to prove taht you are not infringing. The one who'll bring compiled binary of KSM to US will be infringer, not kernel developers...