https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/10/10/1619375/0/en/Microsoft-Joins-the-Open-Invention-Network-Community.html … My question: Does that mean the open source world can use exFAT now? Answer: Sort of, not really. If you can get an exFAT implementation into one of the (long) list of packages OIN calls the ‘Linux System’, then other OIN members (only) will [..]
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That's only the scope of the patents you grant by joining. The actual license doesn't limit usage to the Linux System (but does limit contributory infringement)https://www.openinventionnetwork.com/joining-oin/oin-license-agreement/ …
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You’re referring to 1.1, but as far as I can tell that only applies to OIN-owned patents. Microsoft didn’t donate its patents to OIN, it only joined OIN, so wouldn’t its patents fall under 1.2?
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Ah, I guess "OIN Patents" in 1.1 probably makes it apply to only the owned patents.
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