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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:43:25 +0200 From: Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> CC: STAGING SUBSYSTEM <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>, Benjamin Valentin <benpicco@...at.fu-berlin.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] add exFAT driver Am 25.09.2013 22:21, schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 09:28:56PM +0200, Alexander Holler wrote: >> Maybe a silly question, but isn't exFAT protected by some MS owned >> patents which might drive Linux users into the hand of MS lawyers as >> already happened with FAT? It would make me wonder if not. Maybe you >> could ask Samsung about that too, when you are there. > > Because Samsung released the code under the GPLv2, and their lawyers > understand what that means, should answer any question you might have > about this. > > thanks, I'll have to thank for the clarification. Alexander Holler -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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