Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:54:20 -0600 From: Greg Rivers <gcr+freebsd-ports@tharned.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: exFAT is no longer encumbered Message-ID: <1915406.bl7DLxgNLY@no.place.like.home> In-Reply-To: <CAP7rwcg=PExuCP0S=FykdkcW4-cnEa35mQfSfzVC8Ku8JmjKFg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1921981.4WAli8B44Z@no.place.like.home> <20191230013752.GA74518@neutralgood.org> <CAP7rwcg=PExuCP0S=FykdkcW4-cnEa35mQfSfzVC8Ku8JmjKFg@mail.gmail.com>
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> Expanding on what Kevin said, > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/mtl/exfat-licensing.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. > Yeah, IANAL either. My quick read of the blog post may have been overly optimistic. Perhaps the Foundation could help? I brought this topic up because I think a lot of people could benefit the cross-platform compatibility that this would provide. -- Greg
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