Re: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT

[Richard]

Disregarding the patent will eventually get noticed.  Microsoft would 
not hesitate to sue this project.

Wesley Parish wrote:

>  On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:16, Simon Cornelius P. Umacob
> wrote:
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> >  Richard wrote:
> >     
> >
> > >   Which would you rather have, pay a
> > > small fee to use the patented features or not use the patented features
> > > at all?
> > >       
> > >  
> > Fight or disregard the patent? :)
> >     
> >  
> We should ask the FSF for their opinion on this matter - I think Moglen's 
> likely to come up with some better ideas than I for one, can come up with.
>
> And as I said, the idea of long file names - hidden in a separate file - was 
> in use for at least 5 years before Microsoft came out with MS Win95.  So the 
> patent is bogus, fraudulent and more an attempt to bail people up like 
> highwaymen and rob them than anything to do with legitimate business.
>
> Talk to Moglen - this is what he's trained for, after all.
>
> Wesley Parish
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