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On the need for a new removable device filesystemOn the need for a new removable device filesystemPosted Aug 23, 2012 18:06 UTC (Thu) by geofft (subscriber, #59789)Parent article: On the need for a new removable device filesystem
> There is also the little nagging issue of the patents on the filesystem format and the associated Linux-hostile company that is actively asserting those patents
The UEFI spec includes a formalized version of FAT32 with long file names. It is free to become an "Adopter" of the UEFI specification (most parent companies of distros already are) and that grants you a patent license to everything in UEFI.
IANAL and I forget if this includes using FAT for non-UEFI purposes, but this seems like a clean solution to that problem.
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On the need for a new removable device filesystem Posted Aug 23, 2012 19:53 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
The UEFI adopter agreement only grants you rights to the specification for the purpose of implementing the specification.
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