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 (DIR) Post #9sKhmScc1DPjI5aB0a by Sturmflut@mastodon.technology
       2020-01-25T14:17:16Z
       
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       In August 2019 #Microsoft pledged to donate its exFAT patents to the Open Invention Network (OIN), so at least OIN members don't have to pay patent fees for this important filesystem anymore.People immediately put exFAT drivers into the kernel. Linux 5.4 was released with exFAT support in November 2019.To this date Microsoft still hasn't donated the patents, and they've gone completely quiet about it. While people are shipping Linux distros and boxes which violate the patents. Classic.