ntfs kernel module

[Paul W. Frields]

On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 20:47 +0200, Dawid Gajownik wrote:
> Dnia 10/22/2006 08:05 PM, Użytkownik Dave Jones napisał:
> > If this works, there's no reason for a kernel module to do the same
> > thing.
> 
> Yes, there is at least one reason →
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65749#c30

This has been discussed in several Project Board meetings, including as
recently as September:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2006-09-19

We do have to get Red Hat's legal department to revisit this issue, but
the existence of OIN (which came after GDK's comment in the bug listed
above) may make a crucial difference.

At least some of the folks on the Board, maybe most, feel that since OIN
has undertaken protection of the kernel, and the kernel includes an NTFS
driver, that driver should be shipped enabled in the binary packages,
and not merely included in source packages where users have to build it
manually.  Make no mistake that it *is* being shipped currently, and
that any liability is likely not mitigated by the fact that it's only
shipped with the kernel SRPM.  

Obviously, enabling this driver would open up some cool possibilities
such as helping users migrate data.  I was hoping we'd have this
resolved for FC6 release, but 'twas not to be.

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