Question on these as I don't really understand. > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5745902>U.S. > Patent 5,745,902 Method and system for accessing a file using file > names having different file name formats > - > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5579517>U.S. > Patent 5,579,517 Common name space for long and short filenames > - > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5758352>U.S. > Patent 5,758,352 Common name space for long and short filenames > - > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6286013>U.S. > Patent 6,286,013 Method and system for providing a common name space > for long and short file names in an operating system > > There is no patent on the actual technique and data structures used > to handle/maintain FAT12/16/32 FAT tables (and the DOS standard 8.3 > type file names) > > Also, IBM holds a patent for non-DOS extensions in the use of FAT file systems > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5367671>U.S. > Patent 5,367,671 System for accessing extended object attribute (EA) > data through file name or EA handle linkages in path tables.
Are these patents on a technique or on the concept? with a technique we can just do different can't we? just read the patent and come up with another way to do it. Or am I completely uninformed? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
