Well, there's always the hfsutils code in the pkgsrc tree.  But
turning a userland program into an in-kernel file system is an awful
lot of work!  That's why we hope to start with something fs-like.

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Bob Nestor wrote:

> Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Paul Goyette wrote:
> >
> >> If someone could point me to the Darwin code, I'd be more than
> >> happy to try this again.  Our previous effort was hampered in
> >> several ways, only one of which was the licensing terms.  
> >
> >It was my understanding that the Darwin code is also encombered. That the
> >Apple source license is restrictive enough to get us in the same trouble.
> >:-)
> 
> I found a really old piece of code written in C++ that implements HFS 
> access using command line style syntax.  It predates all the other HFS 
> utility packages I've seen.  There is an author's name, e-mail address, 
> and a comment that he's willing to talk about other uses or license 
> agreements.  If anyone wants to take a look at it, use it as a guide for 
> writing an in-kernel HFS or to try to contact the authur just let me know.
> 
> -bob
> 

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