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Posted May 5, 2009 14:26 UTC (Tue) by patrick_g (subscriber, #44470)In reply to: No Software Patent by marcH
Parent article: Long discussions about long names
> 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.
Posted May 5, 2009 14:34 UTC (Tue)
by drag (guest, #31333)
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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.
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