Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751077AbWAKQNA (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:13:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751362AbWAKQNA (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:13:00 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:58850 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751026AbWAKQM7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:12:59 -0500 Subject: Re: FAT and Microsoft patent? From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Christopher Friesen Cc: Roger Heflin , "'linux-os (Dick Johnson)'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <43C528FC.1060408@nortel.com> References: <43C528FC.1060408@nortel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:12:30 +0100 Message-Id: <1136995950.6547.172.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 773 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 09:49 -0600, Christopher Friesen wrote: [...] > The question still holds in modified form...will we need to remove this > functionality, or is it currently implemented in a way that does not > infringe on the patent? This is a law question (and not a technical one) and AFAICS it can only answered by a judge in court. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/