> -----Original Message----- > From: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis@xxxxxx> On Behalf Of Valdis Kletnieks > Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 9:51 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Theodore Ts'o > <tytso@xxxxxxx>; Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah- > Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sasha Levin > <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: exfat filesystem > > On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:39:31 -0000, KY Srinivasan said: > > > Let me dig up the details here. > > In case this helps clarify the chain of events, the code in question is the > Samsung code mentioned here, updated to 5.2 kernel.... > > "We know that Microsoft has done patent troll shakedowns in the past on > Linux products related to the exfat filesystem. While we at Conservancy > were successful in getting the code that implements exfat for Linux released > under GPL (by Samsung), that code has not been upstreamed into Linux. So, > Microsoft has not included any patents they might hold on exfat into the > patent non-aggression pact." > > https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/10/microsoft-oin-exfat/ > > (Link in that para points here): > https://sfconservancy.org/news/2013/aug/16/exfat-samsung/ > Thanks Valdis. I have started an internal thread on this; will get back ASAP. K. Y
