On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 16:55 -0800, Yuhong Bao wrote: > > > I read the patent and it looks like UEFI or for that matter any > > > non > > > -Windows implementation of FAT would probably not infringe on the > > > patent. > > > > Well, I'm not going to give you a legal opinion. However, most > > people > > think this patent covers the long vs short filenames conversions > > used > > by vfat. The UEFI implementation definitely implements the long vs > > short name conversions for FAT/VFAT compatibility. > > > > James > > I actually read the claims in the patent and my point is that it > mostly only covers the INT 21h interface in Win9x, > which UEFI or for that matter Linux don't use.
Um, that's the first two independent claims. The long filename stuff begins at claim 4. James __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev