Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Mar 1999 20:31:59 +0100 | From | Peter van Sebille <> | Subject | Re: Q: ext2fs on other OS's |
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"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> wrote: > Part of the problem is that in order to build an installable filesystem > for Windows NT, you need to get the Microsoft IFS SDK, which is horribly > expensive (approx USD $1000). So an Open Source project is pretty hard; > you wouldn't be able to recompile from sources without paying $1000 to > Microsoft.
Hi,
Interesting dicussion, as I'm working on a propriety NT FSD for ext2fs as well. I'm constantly struggling with understanding the limitations of lisences such as GPL. Is Open Source the same? If so, how can you distribute source as Open Source lisence if you need a commercial (i.e., non-GPLed) KIT (such as the IFS kit) ?
Another thing I don't quite understand is the following. I'm trying to port Theodore's ext2fs library + e2fsck as an native NT application (which is different from a normal WIN32 application, as only such native NT application can run early on in the system to check file systems). Since this is derived work, I must release it as GPL (fine by me). The problem I'm having is that this application must link against ntddll.dll (part of a normal NT distribution), but its ntdll.lib (needed for linking) is _only_ included in the DKK. Am I allowed to distribute this NT e2fsck work as GPL if the user can't link the app without the DDK; or should I find a workaround for this ?
cheers, Peter
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