On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 11:30:39AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 04:21:36AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > How does > > https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-its-entire-patent-portfolio/ > > change your personal opinion? > > According to SFC's legal analysis, Microsoft joining the OIN doesn't > mean that the eXFAT patents are covered, unless *Microsoft* > contributes the code to the Linux usptream kernel. That's because the > OIN is governed by the Linux System Definition, and until MS > contributes code which covered by the exFAT patents, it doesn't count. > > For more details: > > https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/10/microsoft-oin-exfat/ > > (This is not legal advice, and I am not a lawyer.) Interesting analysis. It seems to me that the correct forms would be observed if someone suitably senior at Microsoft accepted the work from Valdis and submitted it with their sign-off. KY, how about it? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
