[Bug 179276] Request for kernel-module-ntfs inclusion in fedora extras

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Summary: Request for kernel-module-ntfs inclusion in fedora extras


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179276





------- Additional Comments From alexl at users.sourceforge.net  2006-02-02 07:30 EST -------
(In reply to comment #5)

> ForbiddenItems mentioned mono as a open issue which has now been resolved. NTFS
> has already been excluded by the counsel. Apparently FAT, Samba etc are
> different from the legal standpoint.Refer to
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems and

> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLegalIssues for some of the details.

(Running the risk of not following my own advice and avoiding discussion).
Nevertheless it would be nice to have a more detail rationale from the Red Hat
legal counsel about exactly how NTFS is in and FAT than the note there now:

"Microsoft has a number of patents around NTFS. Because of these issues, counsel
feels that adding ntfs support runs the risk of significantly endangering the
project."

Anyway last post from me (will followup on the mailing list).

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