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I'm SO surprised...

• fgonzag 8y ago
  It seems you didn't bother to read the article so I'll summarize (even though it's all of 4 paragraphs, I'll shorten it down to two): Exfat code is not included in the upstream kernel (no one has merged it yet since it is obviously a patent mine). Microsoft's lawyers only included those patents that pertained to code included in the "Linux System Definition", essentially upstream software, ergo no exfat patents were included. That is fine because it was the basis of the arrangement. They are now asking Microsoft to merge the exfat code into the upstream kernel itself, so that it will also be governed by the patent non-agression pact.