Checking if exFAT can be used unrestricted now ?

[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

Please have a look at this posting in ports@:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2019-December/117385.html

> As of last August, Microsoft have relaxed the patent
> restrictions on exFAT[1].

> Can the Makefile LICENSE_PERMS_MSPAT restrictions be removed from
> sysutils/fusefs-exfat? Might exFAT make it into the FreeBSD base
> system (like msdosfs) one day?

> [1] https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/08/28/exfat-linux-kernel/

During the discussion the question came up if the Foundation can
get in touch with Microsoft, see

http://aka.ms/celaiplicensing

and get a clear statement from them about the use in the ports tree ?

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