Open Source ExFAT File System Reaches 1.0 Status

Titus Andronicus writes "fuse-exfat, a GPLv3 implementation of the exFAT file system for Linux, FreeBSD, and OS X, has reached 1.0 status, according to an announcement from Andrew Nayenko, the primary developer. exFAT is a file system designed for sneaker-netting terabyte-scale files and groups of files on flash drives and memory cards between and among Windows, OS X, and consumer electronics devices. It was introduced by Microsoft in late 2006. Will fuse-exfat cut into Microsoft's juicy exFAT licensing revenue? Will Microsoft litigate fuse-exfat's developers and users into patent oblivion? Will there be a DKMS dynamic kernel module version of the software, similar to the ZFS on Linux project? All that remains to be seen. ReadWrite, The H, and Phoronix cover the story."

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Re:The wrong way around

[MrEricSir]

Instead we should develop a simple and robust filesystem that's suitable for embedded systems and have it standardized. Right now there simply isn't an alternative to the FAT filesystems.

Obligatory XKCD

(Seriously though, patents on file system are bullshit.)