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VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds

VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds

Posted Jul 2, 2009 14:45 UTC (Thu) by mjr (subscriber, #6979)
Parent article: VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds

Well, I certainly hope this improved patch will go in, as pragmatism in an imperfect world would dictate.

Regardless, the patch is pretty simple, so at least vendors can apply it on their systems without too much trouble and maintenance effort to avoid becoming collateral damage in Microsoft's FUD war.


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