Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:42:39 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com>, FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: exFAT is no longer encumbered Message-ID: <E9B9CBB3-CD9B-4F43-B5B3-338530C4158B@yahoo.com> References: <E9B9CBB3-CD9B-4F43-B5B3-338530C4158B.ref@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 3:41 AM Carmel NY <carmel_ny at outlook.com> = wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:51:41 -0700, Adam Weinberger stated: > > . . . > > = https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/mtl/exfat-licen= sing.aspx > > >suggests that (a) exFAT is still patented and restricted as before, > > >and (b) GPLv2 licensing was granted only for the Linux kernel = module > > >that they submitted. > > > > > >The BSD License grants the ability to use BSD-licensed code in > > >commercial products, so I'm not sure that Microsoft would want to > > >relax their licensing for us. As Kevin said, IANAL. > > > > > ># Adam > > > > I imagine that someone could actually inquire. It would cost nothing > > and end this FUD that is surrounding this subject. > > > > http://aka.ms/celaiplicensing > > > On my phone the site displays a "Contoso, Ltd." title (That's = Microsoft's > pretend company for all it's examples). The IP Address resolves to a > seemingly non-Microsoft server: waws-prod-bay-059.cloudapp.net > [23.99.91.55]. To boot, there is no corporate branding or other links = back > to the Microsoft site. Forgive me, but it seems like a terrible idea = to > submit information to that site. It seems poor form on Microsoft's part in several respects, but the page at: = https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/iplicensing/def= ault.aspx has a link for "process of obtaining a license". Guess where it goes: http://aka.ms/celaiplicensing The earlier "Contact a licensing executive" link on the page also goes there. Both of those are under the "Learn More about Patent Licensing" section of the page. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)
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