[ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [ekohl] 61145: [FASTFAT] FsdGetFsVolumeInformation: Return volume creation time.

[Aleksey Bragin]

Old news, but a very nice one:
http://slashdot.org/story/13/12/07/1241221/german-court-invalidates-microsoft-fat-patent

Regards,
Aleksey Bragin

On 03.12.2013 21:32, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo wrote:
> "Who knows, maybe Microsoft will be amicable to give us a special 
> dispensation if we just ask. Stranger things have happened. "
>
> in that case, we should ask Microsoft before taking such a risky 
> action. And remember, no answer means "no".
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Steven Edwards <winehacker at gmail.com 
> <mailto:winehacker at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Sven Barth
>     <pascaldragon at googlemail.com <mailto:pascaldragon at googlemail.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>         There is a little problem however: we are talking about the
>         file system driver which is usually used to install the
>         system. I don't know currently how Windows manages to update
>         in use boot drivers, but we'd need something equivalent in
>         place for this.
>
>     I don't disagree that it is a challenge. But less than one of
>     trying to win a court case for violating the terms of distribution
>     for someone else's copyright.
>
>     Who knows, maybe Microsoft will be amicable to give us a special
>     dispensation if we just ask. Stranger things have happened.
>
>     -- 
>     Steven Edwards
>
>     "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
>     that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo
>

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