On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:27:42AM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote: > > Surely if there were a patent problem then ntfs wouldnt be included in > > the stock kernel? Or is linus mistaken? > Each company makes its own calls having evaulated patent claims and done > searches. Please forward me the contact information for the redhat legal counsel who determined ntfs-readonly is patent encumbered while samba and rdesktop are not. I asked this exact question more than two years ago and have yet to get a response. -Dan