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

[Wierd Wierd]

>On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 18:55, Wierd Wierd wrote:
>> There is a problem with CD, and DVD as well. You
>may be able to
>> implement ISO-9660 without a hitch, but microsoft's
Joliet and Romeo
>> (less known) file descriptors are the IP of
Microsoft corp

>True.  For these cases, I think we have to implement
the non-patented
>stuff and keep an eye on the marketplace for
incompatbile CDs.  I think
>we'll need to take the same approach wrt FAT, for
what that's worth.

>I thought UDF (dvd format) had LFN support built-in. 


>Does anyone know the patent status of ISO9660 and
UDF?  It sure would be
>a bummer to find out that they are patented too.


>Also, whence cometh El Toritio?


A blurb on ISO-9660 that might have some relevance.
Seems ISO 9660 is a joint project... You might look
into the members of the 'high Sierra' group to find
out more.

http://www.tu-clausthal.de/~rzsjs/iso9660.html

I can however be more helpful on the origins of the El
Torito bootable ISO-9660 spec.

http://www.cdpage.com/Compact_Disc_Variations/danaboot.html

(ps- sorry about the problems with thread heirarchy-
yahoo's poster isnt the greatest at times...)

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