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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.pubpat.org/microsoftfat.htm PubPat: Microsoft FAT Patent ] (page out of date) | * [http://www.pubpat.org/microsoftfat.htm PubPat: Microsoft FAT Patent ] (page out of date) | ||
| − | * [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090501191713379 A patch to remove VFAT filename conversion from the Linux kernel], [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/31491/ the LKML thread] | + | * Groklaw report on [http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090501191713379 A patch to remove VFAT filename conversion from the Linux kernel], |
| + | ** [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/31491/ the LKML thread] | ||
** [http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/314 A related FAQ produced by Andrew Tridgell and Linux Foundation] | ** [http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/314 A related FAQ produced by Andrew Tridgell and Linux Foundation] | ||
[[Category:Example software patents]] | [[Category:Example software patents]] | ||
Revision as of 07:29, 7 July 2009
Timeline
- December 2003: MS starts threatening people[1]
- Rejected in September 2004[2] thanks to the work of PubPat[3] and others.
- Reinstated in January 2006: Microsoft's file system patent upheld
