Re: [ros-dev] Re: FAT patents again... Global and High Performance File Systems

[Oliver Schneider]

> Reminds me... didn't OS/2 have the capability to store both short and
> long file names on a FAT16 partiton? How does that go with MS'
> patents? Where MS really allowed to file a patent on something that
> already existed?
I think the actual question is how you want to invalidate the patent. As far
as I remember it costs even money if you want to attack a patent that you
think is prior-art. How does that go with the work of volunteers...? I am
involved in other FOSS projects and I would not want to sue someone else on
behalf of a project or to be sued instead of the project. At last it is a
volunteer's work ...

Just my 2 cents,

Oliver

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