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posted by takyon on Thursday August 29 2019, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the ten-years-too-late dept.

Microsoft today announced that it:

is supporting the addition of Microsoft's exFAT technology to the Linux kernel.

Microsoft has published the exFAT file system specification on its Windows Dev Center site.

While the code remains under copyright, Microsoft also stated that the exFAT code incorporated into the Linux kernel will be available under GPLv2.

We also support the eventual inclusion of a Linux kernel with exFAT support in a future revision of the Open Invention Network's Linux System Definition, where, once accepted, the code will benefit from the defensive patent commitments of OIN's 3040+ members and licensees.

It is noteworthy that there is already a free and open source exFAT driver available for FreeBSD and multiple Linux distributions, but it is not an official part of the Linux kernel due to the patent encumbrance of exFAT.

Also at TechCrunch and VentureBeat.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 29 2019, @05:13AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 29 2019, @05:13AM (#887175)

    Sounds like you are confusing need and convenience. Not that you are not allowed to make your life more convenient, but how much do you really need Sony?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 29 2019, @05:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 29 2019, @05:44AM (#887182)

    It was originally only VR headset what I wanted, to probe the technology and evaluate if it suits for future terminals. And Sony VR is quite hackable and can be connected to common hardware. Some purchased games are fun, though.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday August 29 2019, @05:47AM (5 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 29 2019, @05:47AM (#887183) Journal

    Oy! Don't bash Sony! Not now!!
    Who's gonna code and distribute to a large market segment the next commercially supported rootkit?

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday August 29 2019, @06:56AM (3 children)

      by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {eldnahexa}> on Thursday August 29 2019, @06:56AM (#887194)

      Oy! Don't bash Sony! Not now!!
      Who's gonna code and distribute to a large market segment the next commercially supported rootkit?

      Commercially? I thought they distributed it as freeware?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 30 2019, @03:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 30 2019, @03:52PM (#887794)

      Any modern game?

      Don't they all backdoor the system now to "make sure people don't cheat"

      Good thing the software devs can be trusted so they won't upload your documents