[yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

[Robert Berger]

Hi,

On 10/09/2015 11:36 AM, Gorny Krystian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a question regarding the VFAT patent (EP 0 618 540) owned by
> Microsoft. It’s about common name space for long and short filenames. I
> have read that this patent was canceled by Germany / EU, but it’s still
> available in the US right? So is there a patch/option where we can
> activate to avoid this patent?

I am not a lawyer, but wouldn't it be easier not to use VFAT?
The only reason I would use it, would be because the bootloader of my
SoC would only be able to boot over FAT/FAT32 from a managed flash. A
patch will not help here as well;)

There are rumors that a fix was implemented a long time ago[1] ;)

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Krystian
> 

Regards,

Robert


[1]
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/07/vfat-linux-patch-could-circumvent-microsofts-patent-claims/

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