garywk
join:2001-03-06
Clarkston, WA | reply to jdong
Re: Microsoft Embraces Another Linux Company said by jdong:said by garywk:My point was, if they tell the open source community about the patent, the community itself will fix the problem even without their help(although it would be far better if they did help with the fix), and then, ergo, no longer are they infringing nor are they paying a MS tax.... It seems to me that greed alone ought to bring this idea to their minds. Unfortunately I don't think the open source community is that magical about scratching commercial itches for free.... So, what you're telling me is that open source projects that rely on the same technology wouldn't re-write their code if they knew MS had patents that they could use against said projects? I find that hard to believe. That's at complete variance with Linus Torvalds assertions that the community would fix any patent violations if MS would only publish them.... |
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kudos:1 | How have we fixed the FAT32 LFN patents? how have we fixed Android's multitouch patent violations?
How have we fixed H.264 or even MPEG4 ASP (DivX) patent violations in ffmpeg?
I'm not convinced it's possible to do in some cases, and in other cases there's any motivation to do so.
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garywk
join:2001-03-06
Clarkston, WA | reply to SUMware
said by SUMware:From The Register4th March 2010 - said by Kelly Fiveash :
Another day, another company developing Linux-based tech falls into line with Microsoft's intellectual property wonks.
Japanese Flash maker I-O Data Device Inc has agreed to cough up an undisclosed sum of cash to Microsoft under a Linux software deal.
This is the latest such agreement Microsoft has made with a tech company that uses Linux in its products.
I-O Data's network-attached storage devices and its routers that run on Linux apply to the "patent covenants" said Microsoft in a statement yesterday.
“We’re pleased to reach this agreement with I-O Data,” said MS intellectual property boss David Kaefer.
“Microsoft has a strong track record of collaboration with companies running Linux-based offerings, and this agreement is a reflection of our commitment to partner with industry leaders around the world.”
Just last week Redmond inked an IP licensing exFAT deal with Panasonic.
I'm not talking about external, to Linux/open source, technology such as you're talking about. Those aren't open source projects. They aren't a part of Linux. I'm talking about technology that's a part of open source projects themselves.
Since IOData is paying MS for using Linux router technology, and routing is done using the kernel in Linux, then clearing up the issues related to those patents ought to be something that's of interest to open source and Linux, and something that Linux/open_source developers should be interested in doing. |
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The fix for FAT32 wasn't to be the same but to be compatible with those affected files. This change exists but perhaps it wasn't included in the mainline kernel?
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The Linux developers have devised a way to bypass the Microsoft patent. By storing only the short-form, or only the long-form (but not both) on the FAT file system, the patent is bypassed. In this way, they are able to provide full native mainline Linux kernel support to all users for their FAT disks, and without having to pay royalties to Microsoft.
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