Re: RTLinux patent
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 11:56:41PM +0200, andreas.franzen@ewetel.net wrote:
> the package rtlinux contains RTLinux. This is a real-time layer below the
> Linux kernel to provide a Linux operating system with real-time capabilities.
>
> In the documentation of version 3.0 of RTLinux a patent is mentioned
> (US Patent No. 5,995,745). This patent covers the underlying principle of
> RTLinux.
>
> Thus, the use of RTLinux has legal restrictions, and RTLinux must be removed
> from Debian.
A patent doesn't nessecarily imply legal restrictions on use. If the patent
is appropriately licensed, then there is no problem. More information is
needed before anything is done about this.
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