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July 3rd

• Microsoft patents: Linux to become VFAT-free?: In light of the recent Microsoft-TomT om VFAT lawsuit and its subsequent settlement, Linux users have been wondering what Microsoft' ;s intentions with regard to the presence of VFAT functionality in the Linux kernel might be. The Linux Foundation continues to maintain that Microsoft' ;s VFAT patents are not valid. And of course the United States is one of only a small handful of countries that even recognise software patents. However, according to CNet, the Linux community has recently been taking steps to work around the entire VFAT patent issue. But what is the nature of the VFAT patents, and how can Linux bypass them? Read full story..
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July 2nd

• New Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft's FAT patents

June 29th

• Linux developers want to circumvent VFATs patent problem - News - The H Open Source: News and Features
• Linux-Entwickl er wollen VFAT-Patentpro blematik umgehen

June 25th

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June 16th

• Groklaw - Tridge -- Subject: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO _CREATE_WITH_L ONGNAMES option

June 10th

• amarok: id3 tags are mis-interprete d when read from vfat partition

May 27th

• [ubuntu] fstab: come fare per montare la partizione in fat32 - Archivio del forum HTML.it forum: auto,users,rw 0 0

May 21st

• Microsoft's FAT Patents Upheld

May 7th

• Trimming the FAT: Linux and Patents | Linux Magazine: Yes, there are probably many patents which affect free software, but there are also lots of very smart people waiting in the wings to work around them. What?s the missing piece of the puzzle? Knowing what they are. If we knew all the other patents which Microsoft claims are violated in the Linux kernel, it would not be long before the Linux kernel wouldn?t violate any at all.

April 25th

• LinuxBootDiskF ormat - beagleboard - How to create a dual-partition card for BeagleBoard to boot Linux from first partition and have root file system at second partition. - Google Code

April 11th

• Altering default umask on vfat filesystem: You can make your fat filesystem permissions look like matching to your default umask.

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