Re: SD Card FAT support issues (dosfs, fatfs,fatlib)

"Chris Hills" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <TiCNg.12798$Mh2.9757@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Dickerson
<first{dot}surname@xxxxxxxxx> writes
I have also had my attention directed towards commercial FAT support code
that has support for LFN. I'm still investigating that. I'm fairly sure
it
can do what I want but I'm not clear whether there is more work
integrating
with my other requirements than adding LFN to open/free/public code.

The problem is that you may have a conflict as you could not release the
source code with the commercial stuff in it. The Open source may require
you to release the modified code...

This is always the problem when using open source. One licence wants all
the adapted code to be released and the other says you can't....

Actually, in the case of FatFS the terms are "You can use, modify and
republish it for non-profit or profit use without any limitation under your
responsibility". Not that I necessarily want to do that. I think that if I
do make use of such code I should at least give something back in return.
That might only be providing help and assistance to others who go that
route, or it might mean releasing some code. In any case the company I'm
working for have their own views, such as wanting there to be someone to
blame when things don't work. Buying in a solution means there is someone
other than me available for that role, and there is someone who can provide
support when I'm hit by a truck. A file full of source code is only a small
part of the story.

It seems DosFS has a similar, though more wordy, license.

Peter


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