From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Dec 30 17:54:31 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE1151E5A57 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:54:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-ports@tharned.org) Received: from roadkill.tharned.org (tunnel294749-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:107f::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "tharned.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47mlS64mnMz4J6g for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:54:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-ports@tharned.org) Received: from flake.tharned.org ([IPv6:2001:470:1f11:107f:19c8:4221:c069:155d]) (authenticated bits=0) by roadkill.tharned.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id xBUHsKnx099529 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:54:22 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from gcr+freebsd-ports@tharned.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tharned.org; s=2017; t=1577728462; bh=nD3IUqwwdeEdB2Tkr/HG/qg6of8PLT22a7nLMK6apAg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=THLegHFDXK1u4+WLlqN5926woITWYxmaK16nUtr4NF7fSC7Dv0DZS40Y4UngyAvmU WUt3cQN4+IPw3BWxeItcUYDA/BaGXo2RBqdJfy/IOG2FCEWSfVUPtNlm9R10x4nbmk FWmn3FocCJC9/VZPlFcIMbieZvJKzNwKpQzlJnYVYYawmsLLnn736gM9BU8uxYZFSd HXCTrrR7oILHRSm57p3atcd4L0SOQK+HRTpey+7sW9ATrzNlKiE7G9HxYvx8gH7zJx tOeU9fuSMEsh1MfVY/2zQZ8ZINwwBEqa7YuKrBcPpmYPRFrfBR4Zi5JMRvDMRMpUSR PCXS9VClTRyJA== X-Authentication-Warning: roadkill.tharned.org: Host [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:107f:19c8:4221:c069:155d] claimed to be flake.tharned.org From: Greg Rivers To: Adam Weinberger Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: exFAT is no longer encumbered Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:54:20 -0600 Message-ID: <1915406.bl7DLxgNLY@no.place.like.home> In-Reply-To: References: <1921981.4WAli8B44Z@no.place.like.home> <20191230013752.GA74518@neutralgood.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (roadkill.tharned.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:107f:0:0:0:2]); Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:54:22 -0600 (CST) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47mlS64mnMz4J6g X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=tharned.org header.s=2017 header.b=THLegHFD; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of gcr@tharned.org has no SPF policy when checking 2001:470:1f10:107f::2) smtp.mailfrom=gcr@tharned.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.46 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[tharned.org:s=2017]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[tharned.org.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.6.2]; IP_SCORE(-1.66)[ipnet: 2001:470::/32(-4.67), asn: 6939(-3.57), country: US(-0.05)]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[tharned.org]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[tharned.org:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; CTE_CASE(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[freebsd-ports]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:54:31 -0000 > 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