Re: [PATCH] add exFAT driver

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Wed Sep 25 2013 - 18:53:17 EST


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:29:03AM +0200, Alexander Holler wrote:
> Am 26.09.2013 00:10, schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
>
> > Please stick to technical discussions about the code on the kernel
> > mailing lists. Legal discussions can be left up to the lawyers, of
> > which we are not.
>
> Hmm, but I would like to know if someone has to fear getting owned by
> Microsoft if he would use that driver.

Nobody should ever assume that any piece of code they receive is free of
third party patent claims, no matter where the code came from.

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