RE: Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT

[Wierd Wierd]

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?

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[Vizzini]

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

[Jeff Smith]

will we be removing Fat support later on in the ReactOS developement?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vizzini" [e-mail]
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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
>
> ros-general mailing list
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[Casper Hornstrup]

Maybe in 30 years.
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> will we be removing Fat support later on in the ReactOS developement?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vizzini" [e-mail]
> To: [e-mail]
> 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
> >
> > ros-general mailing list
> > [e-mail] 
> > http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>
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