Re: [Qemu-devel] [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

[Kevin Davis]

> 
> 
> On 10/09/2015 16:24, Kevin Davis wrote:
> > Further leading me to guess that any actual use of those
> > implementations could lead to you actually needing to hire a real
> > attorney and not one that you find on YouTube.
> 
> The good thing is that attorneys have already figured it out.  IBM figured out
> a few years ago how to work around Microsoft's patents, and that's how
> FAT32 (and more specifically long file names) are implemented in Linux.

Ah.  I wasn't in the room when they figured it out.  And I've never seen their 
written opinion.  Is it documented somewhere?

>From my viewpoint, I wouldn't worry too much if I was an IBM attorney either.  
>I can only imagine the cross licensing agreements between Microsoft and IBM.  
>Was this opinion part of OSDL?

Thanks,
Kevin

> 
> Paolo