On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:51:41 -0700, Adam Weinberger stated: >On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 6:38 PM Kevin P. Neal <k...@neutralgood.org> >wrote: >> >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 01:01:52AM -0600, Greg Rivers wrote: >> > As of last August, Microsoft have relaxed the patent restrictions >> > on exFAT[1]. >> > >> > Can the Makefile LICENSE_PERMS_MSPAT restrictions be removed from >> > sysutils/fusefs-exfat? Might exFAT make it into the FreeBSD base >> > system (like msdosfs) one day? >> > >> > >> > [1] >> > <https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat-linux-kernel/> >> > >> >> I'm not sure that counts as a license. IANAL, but I'd like to see an >> explicit granting of a license to anyone at no cost, and the license >> needs to be transferable. >> >> The way Berkeley eliminated the advertising clause was good. Simply >> saying "Microsoft is supporting the addition of" doesn't really say >> anything. It's a statement of corporate direction and nothing else. > >Expanding on what Kevin said, >https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/mtl/exfat-licensing.aspx >suggests that (a) exFAT is still patented and restricted as before, >and (b) GPLv2 licensing was granted only for the Linux kernel module >that they submitted. > >The BSD License grants the ability to use BSD-licensed code in >commercial products, so I'm not sure that Microsoft would want to >relax their licensing for us. As Kevin said, IANAL. > ># Adam
I imagine that someone could actually inquire. It would cost nothing
and end this FUD that is surrounding this subject.
http://aka.ms/celaiplicensing
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