From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BC6C73C53 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A47216C4 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:31:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726458AbfGIPa7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:30:59 -0400 Received: from outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu ([18.9.28.11]:36107 "EHLO outgoing.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726444AbfGIPa6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:30:58 -0400 Received: from callcc.thunk.org ([199.116.118.215]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id x69FUe61012204 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:30:42 -0400 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id D86D942002E; Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:30:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:30:39 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Valdis =?utf-8?Q?Kl=C4=93tnieks?= , Alexander Viro , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org Subject: Re: Procedure questions - new filesystem driver.. Message-ID: <20190709153039.GA3200@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , Matthew Wilcox , Valdis =?utf-8?Q?Kl=C4=93tnieks?= , Alexander Viro , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org References: <21080.1562632662@turing-police> <20190709045020.GB23646@mit.edu> <20190709112136.GI32320@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190709112136.GI32320@bombadil.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 04:21:36AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > How does > https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-its-entire-patent-portfolio/ > change your personal opinion? According to SFC's legal analysis, Microsoft joining the OIN doesn't mean that the eXFAT patents are covered, unless *Microsoft* contributes the code to the Linux usptream kernel. That's because the OIN is governed by the Linux System Definition, and until MS contributes code which covered by the exFAT patents, it doesn't count. For more details: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/10/microsoft-oin-exfat/ (This is not legal advice, and I am not a lawyer.) - Ted