Old news, but a very nice one:
http://slashdot.org/story/13/12/07/1241221/german-court-invalidates-microsoft-fat-patent

Regards,
Aleksey Bragin

On 03.12.2013 21:32, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo wrote:
"Who knows, maybe Microsoft will be amicable to give us a special dispensation if we just ask. Stranger things have happened. "

in that case, we should ask Microsoft before taking such a risky action. And remember, no answer means "no".


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Steven Edwards <winehacker@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Sven Barth <pascaldragon@googlemail.com> wrote:

There is a little problem however: we are talking about the file system driver which is usually used to install the system. I don't know currently how Windows manages to update in use boot drivers, but we'd need something equivalent in place for this.

I don't disagree that it is a challenge. But less than one of trying to win a court case for violating the terms of distribution for someone else's copyright.

Who knows, maybe Microsoft will be amicable to give us a special dispensation if we just ask. Stranger things have happened. 

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Steven Edwards

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