It's a stretch interpretation, but missing commas have resulted in comicly bizarre Court room verdicts before. So long as we only use exfat, AND are not also implementing the filesystem.

I'm not a lawyer, but the missing Oxford comma, and the logical AND ( instead of OR) seem to suggest exfat is usable. A license is required in order to implement exFAT and use it in a product or device. It is important to note that open source and other publicly available implementations of exFAT do not include a patent license from Microsoft. In my opinion Synology should pay for exfat, and pass along the value to customers for free, otherwise allow 3rd party repos to provide the same freely. Microsoft has provided fat32 unencumbered due to being essential for uEFI implementations. Accessing exFAT on Synology NAS for Free using VM 5,508 views 34 Dislike Share Save RickMakes 22.8K subscribers Subscribe In this video I go over a technique to mount an exFAT formatted. exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center. I'm not certain Synology is paying the IP license to Microsoft, or if any other Linux distro pays. Synology DiskStation DS118 is a high-performance and compact 1-bay NAS, specifically designed.

I would avoid keeping mount.exfat in /usr/sbin/ or similar, but perhaps under /opt. Note: For now, other NAS vendors continue to charge users for the exFAT package.Yes, it survives so long as it's kept in a safe place. Unlike FAT32, exFAT supports a single file larger than 4 GB and can be used on both Windows and Mac operating systems. With exFAT installed, you can access external storage devices with a file system formatted as exFAT on your NAS. Microsoft exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) technology is a file system optimized for flash storage devices. In response to Microsofts announcement to integrate exFAT into the Linux kernel in 2019, Synology updates the license agreement with Microsoft and offer exFAT. Windows ACLsupport provides fine-grained access control and efficient privilege. In response to Microsoft’s announcement to integrate exFAT into the Linux kernel in 2019, Synology has updated the license agreement with Microsoft and now offers exFAT free of charge on DSM 7. Synology DiskStation DS718+ features a quad-core processor with AES-NI.

Everyone who has upgraded to DSM 7 RC has certainly noticed that the exFAT package that used to be available for a fee of 3.99 USD on DSM 6.2.4 is now free on DSM 7.

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