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From: Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...> - 2003-04-04 07:23:17
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On 4 Apr 2003, Richard Russon wrote: > I've just released NTFS RPMs for RedHat 9 (Shrike). BTW, what's the point distributing the old, broken and unmaintained NTFS driver instead of the new, correct and maintained one what Mandrake, Gentoo and others use? > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html There might be also some addition to this statement on the above page: "Due to the uncertain legal status of using the NTFS driver, RedHat have chosen to leave the driver out of their kernels. " From a recent ZDNet article at http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-994429.html that was relayed also in CNET, BusinessWeek, etc: Red Hat said technical and legal issues currently prevent NTFS support. "We need to verify that Microsoft doesn't hold any patents in the area we might be violating. We're still doing investigation in that area," said Matt Wilson, manager of Red Hat's base operating system, in an interview Tuesday. "Realistically, given the level of documentation Microsoft gives for NTFS, I don't know that I'd trust anyone's implementation except for Microsoft's," he added. No comment. However since I'm also asked repeatedly about this issue, I consider to quote and comment it on the ntfsresize FAQ page. I've asked Matt Wilson if this would be ok but didn't get reply. Szaka |
