Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Request for kernel-module-ntfs inclusion in fedora extras https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179276 sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |CLOSED Resolution| |WONTFIX ------- Additional Comments From sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx 2006-02-02 07:16 EST ------- (In reply to comment #4) > In reply to Comment #1 I was hoping that instead of an outright "no this wont > work" people would be willing to re-visit the possibility of the inclusion of > ntfs support. > > Also remember mono was also listed under forbidden items until recently so I do > not consider it a be all and end all. I am of course aware of third party repos > such as livna and the excellent job they do etc etc. however my hope is that by > NOT shipping with core and instead using a kernel module in extras we could > compromise a little. > > Remember, the code is not a wrapper for some ntfs driver, it is GPL'd and > written and available due to the damn hard work of some fine developers. If we > are to reject inclusion of NTFS support in the kernel then by dint we should > also be removing FAT support (see recently upheld patents on this baby) and > SAMBA should also give us cause for concern as it was developed using similar > methods. > > Regards > Chris 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. If you wish to discuss this further kindly bring it to the fedora-extras list or contact the legal gateway http://fedora.redhat.com/About/contact.html gdk AT fedoraproject.org -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
