Re: ReiserFS IFSD for Windows

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Mark Piper wrote:

> This summer, I will be starting a 3.5-month project to create an
> Installable File System Driver (IFSD) to read ReiserFS under Microsoft
> Windows, similar to ext2fsd.   (The project is a practicum to complete
> my degree in software engineering from  Carnegie Mellon.)

I would prefer that you not do it.  Namesys believes that people who use
proprietary operating systems should pay to use reiserfs.

I can suggest quite a few other tasks that would make a more impressive
practicum (copy on write links, various other new and needed plugins).

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> I have three questions:
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> * Is anyone out there interested in using the tool as it is developed?
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> * Is anyone out there interested in mentoring the development of the
> tool?  (This basically consists of answering specific technical
> questions when they arise.)
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> * Other than compliance to the GPL, are there any other liscensing
> factors I should be aware of?
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> For anyone interested, my initial plan is to port the read-only
> ReiserFS 3 code from the GRUB bootloader, and turn it into an IFSD
> using the same techniques as in ext2fsd -- although I'd love to hear
> other ideas, and opinions of whether the project might be feasible
> with ReiserFS 4.
>
>  Thanks,
>     Mark Piper
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