From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05E1EC73C53 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:50:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF8621670 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:50:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726341AbfGIQux (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 12:50:53 -0400 Received: from outbound.smtp.vt.edu ([198.82.183.121]:58288 "EHLO omr1.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726218AbfGIQuw (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 12:50:52 -0400 Received: from mr2.cc.vt.edu (mr2.cc.ipv6.vt.edu [IPv6:2607:b400:92:8400:0:90:e077:bf22]) by omr1.cc.vt.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x69Gopid010251 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 12:50:51 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-f198.google.com (mail-qt1-f198.google.com [209.85.160.198]) by mr2.cc.vt.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x69Gok0v000706 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 12:50:51 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-f198.google.com with SMTP id i12so17211942qtq.4 for ; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:50:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:date:message-id; bh=pYyupce07jX+WDxPtqdtXk3hG5t417BkTzPivM8p47w=; b=S+mkqUSTIOXN1dq9txGbh7kED5/8JGe9nU+mhpDQdxG4Ob+3KQ6iVR2VE+tlpcMNf7 bJGDO6DgTQyw7egxKrrk0BEXvXg00oBHkP/qGsbqLaUN0ZejILh/Ji9u2gyQyGbQijGQ nyWkk87fxAxlDhpHI2YFfsos4YsAos+RJDTMH7SbW6LXttaJMFUdBB2yCmNfoBH5olGL gsWQaNoZElHFv0VvtufBHFoW4Dg+7j5C8Z5bsqHyXHLQhL3h2CK2I+m7xYDtp360zaGd qx8DEpQZpzsDwtupFC+gD8HjB+IR+zp9WfdZUvJofKqouQ7tw47FEJl4VLklGFp+j4DJ tDEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUeFpg4SsTHJw4f08PWWCikLERw03Jl76D2nOMgqW0jxPLRTDoH NJgbFfVAmc6JmrE7ywc0Thj2FkgvuneClWQYKtSBrxCcUy0ZsgvGT6kY7x8AGhWqyYUhxVqRkI0 UHhIJb+JT13yEYZPt5z5kLcgK6b66br0n0vDr X-Received: by 2002:a37:4b46:: with SMTP id y67mr19205100qka.66.1562691046268; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:50:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxgaCF5Vy7+up/DCAY/qBFZBrxFfhiU0tMqaxFR0G0zFt+i3kSSn4l5D4I+4TFTR5M97RMWjg== X-Received: by 2002:a37:4b46:: with SMTP id y67mr19205078qka.66.1562691046042; Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:50:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from turing-police ([2601:5c0:c001:4341::7ca]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x10sm12844861qtc.34.2019.07.09.09.50.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:50:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Google-Original-From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Mailer: exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 with nmh-1.7+dev To: KY Srinivasan Cc: Matthew Wilcox , "Theodore Ts'o" , Alexander Viro , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , Sasha Levin Subject: Re: exfat filesystem In-Reply-To: References: <21080.1562632662@turing-police> <20190709045020.GB23646@mit.edu> <20190709112136.GI32320@bombadil.infradead.org> <20190709153039.GA3200@mit.edu> <20190709154834.GJ32320@bombadil.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1562691043_2389P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:50:43 -0400 Message-ID: <24605.1562691043@turing-police> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1562691043_2389P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:39:31 -0000, KY Srinivasan said: > Let me dig up the details here. In case this helps clarify the chain of events, the code in question is the Samsung code mentioned here, updated to 5.2 kernel.... =22We know that Microsoft has done patent troll shakedowns in the past on= Linux products related to the exfat filesystem. While we at Conservancy were successful in getting the code that implements exfat for Linux released u= nder GPL (by Samsung), that code has not been upstreamed into Linux. So, Micro= soft has not included any patents they might hold on exfat into the patent non-aggression pact.=22 https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/10/microsoft-oin-exfat/ =20 (Link in that para points here): https://sfconservancy.org/news/2013/aug/16/exfat-samsung/ --==_Exmh_1562691043_2389P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 iQIVAwUBXSTF4gdmEQWDXROgAQL54Q/9Hlj0gpg86LJ/QMJSgnF2F4/8RSnWxUX8 XORTc3xuKuh0usDDWrb00semHxVT8dQfISpM7bvfiTGB1p5RO522PA/QI2bU9vTk tIZzLLDmqk/ambCGDF6SdKaPtTTw2Yx4KSkhzjUc3i1CBg2R9YUfpST/Y93NAtwr Vx64TgufPWmNtU7/sUiEKSFV2T6EIdv3gHoog+/JoPioRwmdVH0DhxgVWy7lki3s vMkJg3XJYsPDHe+P8F30RRSTQAwq/5HmtbF4nmFAASBYuD2vyAAraVtOxkkcyLKb DMhFbw7LyScyYVv9C1W2GfCjySjmacHDr7E0tZqfZFqj0/JiA+/McjxEWydrZLae 80LU3QBR0jIM9TX2y/IWOA+A+YAlzaYE+HY1JrnqqmsuS0ygF2CU093F1ebYmEFM XvdjkVWZRocxZW/RAE0PurJKAJvqoNm7PjJEzOqdgZsP9a2g39OxoXdA8OoMNsgv 0dRH92veXFLgbyMbAjwNYgfmUyJi1n6AEtflZW4tdBCo5yTs2qyQNgzpZ8/9nxzM YzfKeGSIomxWvPPmi3Ku9JY5y6MHaaNNo/DshPKYjZflZYBdVA5OBsEXhHKf1ANt aWUe43IU19mQm0zIHSQaTgKcXbpzhEEvNZqnEzBwyULgOETjg5Nda5VZbFziukup qBtKuW2QIiQ= =x5Ci -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1562691043_2389P--