Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:06:57 -0600 (CST) From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, babkin@users.sourceforge.net Cc: Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Subject: Re: Re: NTFS write support Message-ID: <33349353.1139857617449.JavaMail.root@vms064.mailsrvcs.net>
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>From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> >> >http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ >> >> Interesting. Though I'm pretty sure that MS is going to object >> strongly to any usage of their drivers outside of their OS. >> Donwload it quickly before the MS lawyers have shown up. > >Captive NTFS doesn't actually include any ntfs drivers. The user must supply >their own copy (presumably obtained through legitimate means) which the >captive framework then uses. Well, the problem is that the Microsoft's position is going to be that there are no such legitimate means. It's quite a popular belief among the software licensing lawyers nowadays. AFAIK it has not been tested in court, but do you have enough money to afford a lawsuit with Microsoft? -SB
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