Why isn't write-access to NTFS partitions provided with Mac OS X?

Why isn't write-access to NTFS partitions provided with Mac OS X? Does Microsoft simply not allow it or is it because Apple refuses to pay licensing?
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I don't think it's necessarily a licensing issue. The Linux kernel is able to read NTFS filesystems, as well as write (but they consider that "dangerous." Mac OS X has the ability to read NTFS, but not write.