NTFS write support
Sergey Babkin
babkin at verizon.net
Mon Feb 13 11:07:07 PST 2006
>From: John Nielsen <lists at 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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