From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264430AbTLGMUr (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 07:20:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264431AbTLGMUr (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 07:20:47 -0500 Received: from mother.ds.pg.gda.pl ([153.19.213.213]:36231 "HELO mother.ds.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264430AbTLGMUp (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 07:20:45 -0500 Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:20:34 +0100 From: Tomasz Torcz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Large-FAT32-Filesystem Bug Message-ID: <20031207122034.GA17042@irc.pl> Mail-Followup-To: Tomasz Torcz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3FD0555F.5060608@gmx.de> <005301c3bb32$11a041a0$1225a8c0@kittycat> <20031207122650.GA30938@hh.idb.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20031207122650.GA30938@hh.idb.hist.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 01:26:50PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:17:00AM -0800, jdow wrote: > > From: "Torsten Scheck" > > > > > Dear friends: > > > > > > I already sent a message to the VFAT maintainer, but I decided > > > to additionally bother this list with a warning. This way some > > > readers might avoid data loss. > > > > This all may be moot. Microsoft is about to charge a royalty for > > use of the FAT file system. http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp > > > The claim some patents, but aren't FAT so old that they have > expired? Patents for storing long names of files (which Microsoft is charging for) are from 1995 or something. -- Tomasz Torcz To co nierealne - tutaj jest normalne. zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl Ziomale na życie mają tu patenty specjalne. |> Playing: ...