New Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft’s FAT patents

Jul 2, 2009 15 related
 

Microsoft’s recent lawsuit against TomTom, alleging infringement of filesystem patents, has left many questions unanswered about the legal implications of distributing open source implementations of Microsoft’s FAT filesystem. A new Linux kernel patch that was published last week offers a workaround that might make it possible to continue including FAT in Linux without using methods that are covered by Microsoft’s patents. The patent... [read full story]                    

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