I haven't read the patent in question, general advise by my employers is not to read them, but I can note a few particulars of ureadahead with regards to the date you quote:
Development on ureadahead began in October 2009, it was based on Intel's sreadahead for which development began in November 2008, which in turn was based on RedHat's readahead-list for which development began in March 2005. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025973 Title: ureadahead appears to violate Apple patent 7607000 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ureadahead/+bug/1025973/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
