Supporting NTFS in the kernel
Michael K. Johnson
johnsonm at redhat.com
Sun Oct 19 21:44:56 UTC 2003
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 02:54:25PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 02:55:21PM +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> > I would like it very much if the standard kernel would include the read
> > driver for NTFS
>
> Won't happen due to potential patent problems.
To clarify: Or until/unless it's demonstrated that there isn't a
patent problem... Like many things in patent land, there is
probably room for different interpretations and opinions, and it
is possible that this might be clarified at some point.
michaelkjohnson
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