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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Am 20.01.25 um 20:29 schrieb Robert Clausecker: > No, though 2027 is only two years away, so if we cannot join the OIN, > we only have to keep the driver out-of-tree for that long worst case. Having a driver ready (and internally tested without a public release) would be a good preparation for 2027. BTW: 2 of the relevant patents have been filed 2009-02-20: Hash based file name lookup: https://www.freepatentsonline.com/8321439.html Contiguous file allocation: https://www.freepatentsonline.com/8606830.html IIUC, these would not expire before 2029? > As for “hosted in Europe:” Europe does not have software patents, > so we can basically ignore the ExFAT patents if development is done > in Europe independently of any US entity. I'm not convinced that hosting in Europe would be safe, but I do remember that the patented IDEA crypto code had been imported, but was not built unless a non-standard build option was used. Regards, STefan