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Re: [PLUG] FAT conflicts?
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Bob Schwier wrote:
Didn't the older non-MS DOS's like Dr. DOS use fat?
Seems like one could not suddenly decide that something is patented that has
been in the public domain for 25 years.
bs
I believe the patents in question cover FAT32 only. That was
introduced in Windows 95 IIRC so it's new enough to still be covered by
patents.
What I'm waiting for is IBM's response to this. They have a patent
library that could easily go up against MS. The only thing is that the
usual cross-licensing agreement wouldn't work, since
Linux isn't owned by a single company.
--Gordon
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