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1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
rxrz wanted us to believe that he was able to single-handedly create or
reverse engineer a kernel-space driver when nobody else in the desktop
Linux or Android developer circles had previously been able to do so,
even with group effort. No matter what has been claimed on this list or
elsewhere, everyone uses the shipped binary modules or FUSE.
Then there were the initial uploads with not much being changed
afterwards and little collaboration.
Okay, that happens sometimes. That's not incriminating on its own.
But wow, the guy outright admits that the code came from Samsung and
asserts that he was in the right to do so. I find it unlikely that
Samsung could publish the code (as GPL or proprietary) or public domain
it even if they wanted to. Microsoft has always insisted that they have
tight control over exfat and the exorbitant license fees have served to
ensure this.
I regret ever mentioning his repo on this list in a positive light, but
I'm glad it's all being taken care of now.
- Eric Appleman
reverse engineer a kernel-space driver when nobody else in the desktop
Linux or Android developer circles had previously been able to do so,
even with group effort. No matter what has been claimed on this list or
elsewhere, everyone uses the shipped binary modules or FUSE.
Then there were the initial uploads with not much being changed
afterwards and little collaboration.
Okay, that happens sometimes. That's not incriminating on its own.
But wow, the guy outright admits that the code came from Samsung and
asserts that he was in the right to do so. I find it unlikely that
Samsung could publish the code (as GPL or proprietary) or public domain
it even if they wanted to. Microsoft has always insisted that they have
tight control over exfat and the exorbitant license fees have served to
ensure this.
I regret ever mentioning his repo on this list in a positive light, but
I'm glad it's all being taken care of now.
- Eric Appleman