-----Original Message----- From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 8:49 AM To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>; Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx>; Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: exfat filesystem 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://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fww > > w.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fmicrosoft-open-sources-its-entire-patent-por > > tfolio%2F&data=02%7C01%7Ckys%40microsoft.com%7Cd73183ff28c94bbbf > > 6dd08d70484f009%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C6369828 > > 41322780798&sdata=TCSgqe0h4FYaA5BBGVJl98WFBqbEHSo8B0FhlfTYVVA%3D > > &reserved=0 > > 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://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfco > nservancy.org%2Fblog%2F2018%2Foct%2F10%2Fmicrosoft-oin-exfat%2F&da > ta=02%7C01%7Ckys%40microsoft.com%7Cd73183ff28c94bbbf6dd08d70484f009%7C > 72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636982841322780798&sdat > a=y%2BhZFhjIXUrFVn5%2FN%2BRVxRQWzYs2QI5V1jM8SDPN2dg%3D&reserved=0 > > (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? Matthew, Let me dig up the details here. K. Y
