From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-03-ewr.dyndns.com (mxout-124-ewr.mailhop.org [216.146.33.124]) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2EE82E015C for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:13:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from scan-01-ewr.mailhop.org (scanner [10.0.141.223]) by mail-03-ewr.dyndns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A76F2788E87 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:13:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 209.85.215.171 Received: from mail-ey0-f171.google.com (mail-ey0-f171.google.com [209.85.215.171]) by mail-03-ewr.dyndns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B4847882DF for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eydd26 with SMTP id d26so1277545eyd.16 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:13:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to:x-mailer; bh=l5Mfn1/HTWmtEhJIlsYwYGAJ+WYLTYZSJeFvrKSMDIA=; b=qMgJxhFrv9g2E9qJSDcWQvT7YBbj4JhJg/50PmAi203nuwaUMfobDmSHKzSFrEpe8k XJgo2Rx+y6+XgUnd9nCYRD8ExtHdx+rrGSBF3agAjttVvMH4xOgrWqkRBomSi/BG7kCs k3qbUdq+K+sAH+go64tyaeVAlpOzqplndu114= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=dI08JC0EBSwr7ieSd+/SGFIZEXKafHAm2iOtssmrnugPc6hiQJxJFOBh3nCuL6KsJ9 O56pJxYrcczJAXNO1o7ehyn+OiliGxACBnZwunV3AOyKH4zeGiNnWlHqtfRQypd6N1X3 bVb0kDlIEYewt7TPIWhj5RnGcM9Y/b4Q8j9+k= Received: by 10.213.109.77 with SMTP id i13mr1691650ebp.40.1299888803933; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:13:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.239.42] (xdsl-83-150-84-172.nebulazone.fi [83.150.84.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b52sm3908765eei.7.2011.03.11.16.13.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:13:23 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jonathan Morton In-Reply-To: <20110311142000.436937a3@nehalam> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:13:20 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2E73145C-A8DF-444A-A072-9732E6268DEF@gmail.com> References: <6210AF7E-3EB3-4199-A87B-A54B0F73A106@gmail.com> <20110311092157.23dea5e8@nehalam> <87d3lxr14w.fsf@cruithne.co.teklibre.org> <78467362-36BF-4298-AFC0-4271BED7D439@gmail.com> <0816DC78-373D-4392-8ED9-59BFEF50D0BB@gmail.com> <20110311142000.436937a3@nehalam> To: Stephen Hemminger X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: Erica Han , "Jiangtao \(Gene\) Wen" , bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net Subject: Re: [Bloat] Taxonomy of various sender-side TCPs X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:13:26 -0000 On 12 Mar, 2011, at 12:20 am, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > I bugged then at Linux Plumber's to submit it to get into the upstream > kernel, but seems to be stuck in internal testing? It appears that they want to get a patent on it. Hence they do have to = keep their cards quite close for the moment, if they don't want to = compromise that process. Of course I have opinions on software patents - happily they are not a = massive problem in Finland - but merely being patented isn't a complete = deal-breaker for an algorithm to go into Linux, provided it has an = appropriately liberal licensing scheme (ie. GPL compatible). - Jonathan