Re: [ros-general] RE: Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT

[Jeff Smith]

will we be removing Fat support later on in the ReactOS developement?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vizzini" <vizzini(a)plasmic.com>
To: <ros-general(a)reactos.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ros-general] RE: Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT


>   On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 19:40, Wierd Wierd wrote:
> >   In which case, how exactly would sony's
> > "floppy
> >  diskette" based digital camera be licensed? It uses
> >  FAT filesystem to store the image data.  This means it
> >  actively utilizes the filesystem, and as such, is both
> >  'client' and 'server'...  How would such a device be licensed? 
>  
>  My take is that any device with software for writing a FAT filesystem
>  needs a license to use FAT.  If the OS is writing out the filesystem,
>  the OS needs the license; if the device is creating the FAT structures,
>  it needs the license.
>  
>  Also: please quote a bit in your reply, since your replies do not thread
>  properly.
>  
>   -Vizzini
>  
>  
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