Hi there,
I hooked up a SD card via USB adapter to my DNS-323 rev B1. It has exFAT filesystem but RC3 will not recognize it.
Is there a way to get exFAT working? I noticed that RC4 snapshot was newer 3.10.11 kernel and I read somewhere that it has exFAT build in??
Further readings from LWN, Wikipedia , LinuxUser and Microsoft makes me think that to be on the safe side I won't do it, unless someone shows me the contrary:
As we all know, the GPL makes a simple pact between the coder and the user.
Anyone can take, modify, copy, share and redistribute the software and the
code, but must pass on the same rights to subsequent users of the software,
including any modifications to the code.
(...)
The drawback, in this instance, is that exFAT is owned by Microsoft, is a
proprietary fileformat, and has patent issues. The exFAT driver code can only
be deployed by manufacturers or distributions that have obtained a licence
from Microsoft.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "Alt-F" group.
To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt-f/EOKV-cN0V_E/unsubscribe.
To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to alt-f+un...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/alt-f/b234590b-559b-4afb-9552-07e1e939ada7%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Isn't this similar to the case of NTFS?
Why do we have a package for NTFS then?
Please note that open source or other publicly available implementations of exFAT do not include an IP license from Microsoft. For licensing information, please contact microsoft.com.