Kernel 2.6 options that should be used on Fedora Core 2

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Dec 19 16:54:25 UTC 2003


Once upon a time, Martin Mewes <mm at mewes.tv> said:
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> Am Freitag, 19. Dezember 2003 15:32 schrieb hutuworm:
> >     But NTFS is patented by MS, maybe it's impossible to integrate
> > NTFS module into FC2.
> 
> That's not the point.

Yes it is.  The fact that parts of NTFS are covered by patents means
that you can't distribute it legally without a patent license.

> Kernel-Support goes for incorporating a GPLed kind of NTFS-reading.

That can't be done without a patent license or a patent violation.

> Are you really sure that Mandrake or SuSE gave money to M$ in order to 
> put this into their distro?

No, they probably just ignored the legal problems, and Microsoft hasn't
found it worth their while to go after them (which may have something to
do with both having been headquartered outside the US; when Novell
completes the buyout of SuSE, this may change).
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.





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