Adding the new NTFS driver

[Richard Russon]

Hi all,

I know you won't enable NTFS support, but...

If I supply a patch for the new NTFS driver, against Fedora's kernel,
can I get it applied?

Why?  I maintain a set of NTFS driver rpms for various RedHat kernels. 
I'd like to add support for Fedora, but I would prefer to use the *new*
NTFS driver.

By making a few small changes outside the /fs/ntfs directory, I can
create rpms containing the new NTFS driver.

Cheers,
  FlatCap (Rich)
  fedora(a)flatcap.org

WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net
IRC: #ntfs on irc.freenode.net

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Richard Russon wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
>  I know you won't enable NTFS support, but...
>
>  If I supply a patch for the new NTFS driver, against Fedora's kernel,
>  can I get it applied?
>
>  Why?  I maintain a set of NTFS driver rpms for various RedHat kernels.
>  I'd like to add support for Fedora, but I would prefer to use the *new*
>  NTFS driver.
>
>  By making a few small changes outside the /fs/ntfs directory, I can
>  create rpms containing the new NTFS driver. 
Silly question:  What's wrong with enabling NTFS driver as a
module in Red Hat (Fedora)?

>  Cheers,
>    FlatCap (Rich)
>    fedora(a)flatcap.org
>
>  WWW: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net
>  IRC: #ntfs on irc.freenode.net
>
>
>
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[Roozbeh Pournader]

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 04:59, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
>  Silly question:  What's wrong with enabling NTFS driver as a
>  module in Red Hat (Fedora)? 
Microsoft patents.

roozbeh

[Julien Olivier]

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 08:17, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
>  On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 04:59, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
>  > Silly question:  What's wrong with enabling NTFS driver as a
>  > module in Red Hat (Fedora)?
>  
>  Microsoft patents.
>   
About patents problem, why not have a fedora-non-us CD which allow the
distribution of patented technology ?

>  roozbeh
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[Roozbeh Pournader]

On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 12:40, Julien Olivier wrote:
>  About patents problem, why not have a fedora-non-us CD which allow
> the
>  distribution of patented technology ? 
Different patents/restrictions may be applicable in some other
countries. I'm sure the MS patent should apply in some international
contexts. You will need to have a legal team around to check these
things...

roozbeh