Hi Ralf, > ExFAT is indeed covered by Microsoft patents, the Samsung driver is said > to be in violation of those and should be avoided at all cost if you > don't want to risk patent litigation with M$ at some point... > > http://techrights.org/2013/07/25/joosun-hahn-gpl-violations-and-samsungs-microsoft-patent-trap-in-linux-exfat/
The slightly newer article here: http://sfconservancy.org/news/2013/aug/16/exfat-samsung/ ... sounds as there has been serious work on the licensing, to make the Samsung driver less trap and more open source? Regards, Eric PS: Maybe something to ask Shane Coughlan / FSF / ... about? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
