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[gNewSense-users] FTL patent in kernel
From: |
Peter and Jesse |
Subject: |
[gNewSense-users] FTL patent in kernel |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:22:11 -0700 |
I found the following in drivers/mtd/ftl.c. It's under the MPLv1.1 /
GPL2 licence. What do people think?
Peter
LEGAL NOTE: The FTL format is patented by M-Systems. They have
granted a license for its use with PCMCIA devices:
"M-Systems grants a royalty-free, non-exclusive license under
any presently existing M-Systems intellectual property rights
necessary for the design and development of FTL-compatible
drivers, file systems and utilities using the data formats with
PCMCIA PC Cards as described in the PCMCIA Flash Translation
Layer (FTL) Specification."
Use of the FTL format for non-PCMCIA applications may be an
infringement of these patents. For additional information,
contact M-Systems (http://www.m-sys.com) directly.
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