GPL compliance and the TomTom kernel ..

[Doug Mentohl]

Harald Welte who has reviewed the TomTom kernel sources a number of 
times during the last couple of years as part of his GPL-compliance 
reviews had this to say about Microsoft’s claim: “I can tell you, there 
is nothing ‘TomTom specific’ in their FAT FS code. It is the plain 
fat/msdos/vfat file system like in every kernel.org kernel.”

“the VFAT patent in question has been invalidated in some jurisdictions, 
since it has clear prior art: the ISO9660 Rock Ridge Extensions in 1994″.

http://mybroadband.co.za/blogs/2009/03/10/microsoft-fires-patent-broadside-at-linux/

German court invalidate VFAT patent ..

http://tinyurl.com/ceog7h
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Bundespatentgericht-erklaert-FAT-Patent-von-Microsoft-fuer-nichtig--/meldung/86102