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

[Casper Hornstrup]

Maybe in 30 years.

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> Fra: ros-general-bounces at reactos.com 
> [mailto:ros-general-bounces at reactos.com] På vegne af Jeff Smith
> Sendt: 10. december 2003 09:58
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> Emne: Re: [ros-general] RE: Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT
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> 
> 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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