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Re:Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression... by dcbadacd on Saturday October 13, 2018 @01:28PM (#18209012)
Pretty much.
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Re:Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression... by HankB99 on Saturday October 13, 2018 @06:30PM (#18210364)
I'm confused. An entire paragraph scraped from a ZDNet article [0] states:

>>In a conversation, Erich Andersen, Microsoft's corporate vice president and chief intellectual property (IP) counsel -- that is, Microsoft top patent person -- added: We "pledge our entire patent portfolio to the Linux system. That's not just the Linux kernel, but other packages built on it."

And I note "entire patent portfolio" to the Linux system. Wouldn't that then include the exfat related patents?

[0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-its-ent... (apologies for the autoplay video.)

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