A patent should only last 20 years; Max. FAT 12 and 16 have long since
exceeded their 20 years. Fat 32 has some time left.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash@gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
> > "they require you to use FAT during setup."
> >
> > that is because fat is usable by anyone.  anything more is patented.
> >
>
> FAT is patented too... See, well, this entire thread.
>
> Ryan
>
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