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How much longer can MS collect on FAT32? The wiki page says patent terms are 20 years in the U.S. and FAT32 was introduced in August 1996. https://en.wikipedi
by ourmandave 11y ago
How much longer can MS collect on FAT32?
The wiki page says patent terms are 20 years in the U.S. and FAT32 was introduced in August 1996.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent_in_the_United_S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32
- yuhong 11y agoYea, most of the FAT LFN patents has expired by now. I think this is part of why MS created exFAT and patented it.