Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751684AbWAKRNp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:13:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751681AbWAKRNp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:13:45 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:7601 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751140AbWAKRNo (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:13:44 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:13:04 -0500 (EST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@cuia.boston.redhat.com To: Christopher Friesen cc: Roger Heflin , "'linux-os (Dick Johnson)'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAT and Microsoft patent? In-Reply-To: <43C528FC.1060408@nortel.com> Message-ID: References: <43C528FC.1060408@nortel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 18 On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, 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? I would not be surprised if the UMSDOS filesystem predated VFAT by a few years - but this was all quite a while ago, and I'm not sure the patents cover something that UMSDOS could have prior art on... -- All Rights Reversed - 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/