On Mon, 22 May 2006, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > If NTFS is already in the upstream kernel... > > > > ...and if the kernel is specifically covered by OIN... > > > > ...and if we're comfortable shipping other risky M$ technologies that are > > specifically covered by OIN... > > > > ...then why are we not shipping NTFS in the Fedora kernel? > > > > The more I think about it, the more I think it's a *very* simple question. > > Point C is not an obvious conclusion from points A and B. No? Tell me why not. If the answer is "political reasons that have nothing to do with legal reasons," I can accept that answer. However, if the answer is "because we're afraid of getting sued," well then, I think we need to know *exactly* how this situation differs from the Mono situation. --g --------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Foundation || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ---------------------------------------------------------------