Open Invention Network open-source, non-aggression patents now covers Android and exFAT.
Summary
Then, as Erich Andersen, then Microsofts corporate vice president and chief intellectual property (IP) counsel said at the time meant "Were licensing all patents we own that read on the Linux system." Microsoft extended FAT to larger and flash memory storage devices such as USB drives and SD cards in 2006 with exFAT. These include Hyperledger, Apache Avro, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), Robot Operating System (ROS), KDE Frameworks, Android AOSP 10, Eclipse Paho and Mosquito, and others. "This Linux System expansion enables OIN to keep pace with open-source innovation, promoting patent non-aggression in the core. As open source grows, we will continue the measured expansion of the Linux System and, at the same time, recruit more companies into the OIN community to further mitigate patent risk associated with the use of core open-source code."