<s>
Captive	B-Application
NTFS	I-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
open-source	B-License
project	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
programming	O
community	O
,	O
started	O
by	O
Jan	O
Kratochvíl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
driver	B-Application
wrapper	I-Application
around	O
the	O
original	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
NTFS	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
driver	B-Application
using	O
parts	O
of	O
ReactOS	B-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
taking	O
this	O
approach	O
,	O
it	O
aimed	O
to	O
provide	O
safe	O
write	O
support	O
to	O
NTFS	B-Application
partitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
NTFS-3G	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
Linux	B-Application
NTFS	B-Application
driver	B-Application
with	O
full	O
write	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
restores	O
compatibility	O
with	O
recent	O
Linux	B-Application
kernels	O
by	O
replacing	O
the	O
obsolete	O
LUFS	O
(	O
Linux	B-Application
Userland	O
File	B-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
module	O
with	O
FUSE	B-Application
(	O
File	B-Application
System	I-Application
in	I-Application
Userspace	I-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
as	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
2.6.14	O
has	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Captive	B-Application
NTFS	I-Application
requires	O
NTFS.SYS	O
,	O
which	O
cannot	O
be	O
freely	O
distributed	O
for	O
legal	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
either	O
be	O
obtained	O
from	O
an	O
installed	O
Windows	O
system	O
(	O
which	O
most	O
computers	O
with	O
NTFS	B-Application
partitions	O
are	O
likely	O
to	O
have	O
)	O
or	O
extracted	O
from	O
certain	O
Microsoft	O
service	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
