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

[Jeff Smith]

will we be removing Fat support later on in the ReactOS developement?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vizzini" <vizzini at plasmic.com>
To: <ros-general at reactos.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ros-general] RE: Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT


> 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
> 
> 
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