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Some links for those who didn't see the patentsSome links for those who didn't see the patentsPosted Dec 8, 2003 20:27 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104)Parent article: Microsoft aiming IBM-scale patent program at Linux? (Register) Since so many users here are asking about the patents in question and the the exact claims as voiced by Microsoft, let me just post this information. Maybe other users should do their research and post links rather than specualte and ask questions that can be answered by simply looking at the patents.
Microsoft: FAT File System Technology and Patent License The first of those patents was granted November 26, 1996, years after UMSDOS was implemented in Linux.
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Some links for those who didn't see the patents Posted Dec 8, 2003 21:53 UTC (Mon) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] And don't forget the ISO9660 extensions for Unix (RockRidge) which add long filenames, ownership, permissions, devices, and symbolic links. Without that ISO9660 only supports uppercase filenames under 30 characters (and Windows actually restricts it to 8.3).
Some links for those who didn't see the patents Posted Dec 9, 2003 1:14 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] DOS restricts it to 8.3 (by obvious reason). Windows with 32bit driver (most Windows systems today) are just fine.
Some links for those who didn't see the patents Posted Dec 11, 2003 9:13 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] Ah, but Microsoft has its own ISO9660 extensions (they had to reinventthe wheel) called Joliet and something else which I can't remember at the moment :) At least NT4.0 had problems with 30 character filenames on a CD I burned
Some links for those who didn't see the patents Posted Dec 9, 2003 20:43 UTC (Tue) by edgewood (subscriber, #1123) [Link] The first of those patents was granted November 26, 1996, years after UMSDOS was implemented in Linux.The important date for prior art, as I understand it (IANAL), is the patent application date, not the date it's granted.
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