ntfs kernel module

[Dan Hollis]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:12:58AM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote:
>  > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Paul Iadonisi wrote:
>  > >   I also vaguely recall some reference to the fact that NTFS didn't pass
>  > > Red Hat's stress test for stability (i.e.: corruption type problems at
>  > > high loads).  Can anyone from Red Hat confirm?
>  > The excuses for not including ntfs have varied over the years, always 
>  > changing. The decision not to include ntfs-readonly is an ideological 
>  > issue and not a technical or legal one.
>  > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65749
> always changing ? The bug you reference contains _one_ 'excuse'.

It changed from 'oh it corrupts data' to 'oh its legal issues' to 'oh that 
version of redhat is no longer supported'

If its a patent problem please provide the patent #. Or provide contact 
information for the redhat lawyer who made this determination.

Surely if there were a patent problem then ntfs wouldnt be included in 
the stock kernel? Or is linus mistaken?

-Dan