On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 09:42 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 09:39:48AM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: > > May be reasonable, but ain't gonna happen with Fedora due to concern > > about possible legal problems - > > http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/about.html > > Easy enough to get the required modules from sources such as the above, > > or roll your own if comfortable with kernel building as mentioned > > elsewhere in the thread. > > It's odd to me that shipping the source is somehow legally different in this > case than shipping with the option enabled. But hey, I'm not a lawyer. Agree that this seems a rather fine legal distinction, but Red Hat has been pretty hard-line on this issue for some time. Easier to understand the problems with DVD/music decoding that require proprietary, patented, and/or licensed technology; OTOH you can't get much more proprietary or legally aggressive than the folks in Redmond. Phil
