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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Ryan Rix <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:phrkonaleash@gmail.com">phrkonaleash@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">Stephen wrote:<br>
&gt; &quot;they require you to use FAT during setup.&quot;<br>
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&gt; that is because fat is usable by anyone.  anything more is patented.<br>
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</div>FAT is patented too... See, well, this entire thread.<br>
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