[CentOS] Centos 5 will have full NTFS read write support?
Greg Bailey
gbailey at lxpro.com
Wed Apr 4 16:52:46 UTC 2007
David G. Miller wrote:
> John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
>> David G. Miller wrote:
>>> > It wouldn't surprise me if NTFS was encumbered by some sort of
>>> Micro$oft > intellectual property claim. This would be sufficient
>>> to cause Red Hat > to not build their kernel with it even if all it
>>> takes to make it work > is to enable the feature in the kernel build.
>>>
>>
>> Debian's as paranoid as anyone, but it ships NTFS.
>>
>> Additionally, I've never heard any claims regarding HPFS, and as I
>> came to Linux from OS/2, I think I'd remember such. And, RH has
>> never, to my recollection, shipped HPFS either.
>>
>>> > See one of the many flame wars over MP3 or some other IP
>>> encumbered > technology as to why RH won't include it (and risk
>>> getting sued).
>>> > > Cheers,
>>> > Dave
>>> >
> I vaguely recall that IBM wanted to open source HPFS at one time and
> was told by Microsquish that they wouldn't allow it. Funny that IBM
> went one better and open sourced JFS instead.
> I'm in kind of the same boat as you since I was an OS/2 user before I
> switched to Linux. I think the HPFS information was from a discussion
> as to why IBM couldn't open source OS/2 as a means of continuing
> support. Remember, we're talking about the same Microsquish that has
> attempted to patent the FAT file system. I'd be very surprised if
> NTFS wasn't IP encumbered. Debian tends to be very paranoid as to
> technical features and stability but they don't have the financial
> exposure that Red Hat has when it comes to infringing IP.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
Could it be that Red Hat doesn't enable NTFS in their kernels because
they simply don't want to support NTFS?
-Greg
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