Hi I would like to hear a decision on this being made by our counsel. We have included Mono in Fedora on the basis of OIN (http://openinventionnetwork.com/). OIN covers the Linux kernel as one of its many components protected by it. Would this be enough for Fedora to include and build the NTFS module in the kernel package? Unlike our standing on say mp3 patents, the alleged NTFS related ones are not well recognized and none of the other distributions have refrained from using NTFS. I have had atleast one offlist request to list the relevant patents in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems so that the community can keep a tab on that and request for inclusion when it expires (assuming we decide to continue not including it now) The ability of Fedora to read NTFS partitions would pave way for automatically migrating data (mails, browser settings etc) even during installation and make the process much more easier for new users. Interoperability has various other well known advantages. I would like to see this happen. If no, why not? Rahul _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board-readonly mailing list fedora-advisory-board-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
