Some context: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/paragon-is-working-to-get-its-ntfs3-filesystem-into-the-linux-kernel/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021

Some context: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/paragon-is-working-to-get-its-ntfs3-filesystem-into-the-linux-kernel/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/paragon-is-working-t... So just a guess; maybe after Samsung's exfat code was merged into mainline, license and support revenue from their own exfat driver took a hit. So they decided it's in their best interest to preemptively get their own ntfs driver in mainline thus they can get more support contracts this way? PS: I noticed this time it's Tuxera who isn't happy with this development. They remembered they maintain ntfs-3g [1], and decided up the version number of ntfs-3g after 4 years [2]. So I guess the theory above makes at least a slight sense. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.20.2109030047330.23375@tuxera.com/ https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.20.2109030047330.2... [2] https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/NTFS-3G-Release-History https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/NTFS-3G-Release-Histo...