[ros-general] RE: Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT

[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