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发帖数: 8138 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 Programming 讨论区 】
发信人: coupondeal (Coupon Deal), 信区: Programming
标 题: 三星在GPL下发布其exFAT文件系统实现源码
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Aug 19 11:37:19 2013, 美东)
exFAT文件系统是微软的一个产品，设计让外置储存设备和PC之间实现无缝的TB级数据
转移和数据交换，它只支持Windows和OS X，不支持Linux。作为一个含有大量专利的私
有产品，没有人会预计它会整合进Linux内核。但三星公司为旗下的Android 设备开发
了私有的exfat驱动，一位GitHub用户获得了三星的私有代码去除私有许可头文件，在
GPL下发布了非官方版本exfat-nofuse，结果引发了一场争议。
现在，在Software Freedom Conservancy的帮助下，三星在GPLv2许可证下发布了它的
exFAT文件系统实现源代码。
https://github.com/rxrz/exfat-nofuse
http://sfconservancy.org/news/2013/aug/16/exfat-samsung/
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=
Note:
Microsoft has not released the official exFAT file system specification, and
a restrictive license from Microsoft is required in order to make and
distribute exFAT implementations. Microsoft also asserts patents on exFAT
which make it impossible to re-implement its functionality in a compatible
way without violating a large percentage of them.[13] This renders the
implementation, distribution, and use of exFAT as a part of free or open-
source operating systems or of commercial software, for which the vendors
could not obtain a license from Microsoft, not only technically difficult,
but legally impossible in countries that recognize United States software
patents. |
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