[Samba] CIFS & SMB Microsoft licenses
Davide Dozza
davide.dozza at yacme.com
Tue Apr 16 07:22:02 GMT 2002
Uhm... I have guessed so.... It seems that Microsoft will release the
use of its patents about SMB and CIFS protocols only to companies that
won't use GPL/LGPL licenses to interoperate with Win2000 and WinXP.
I hope, I'm wrong.....
Davide
Javid Abdul-AJAVID1 wrote:
> Thanks for the article
> I was just wondering what this means to Samba
>
> "The Microsoft license specifically excludes software under the General
> Public License, commonly known as the GPL. The GPL is the software license
> used by Linux and by SAMBA, a popular open-source program that allows
> non-Microsoft systems to share files and printers with Windows."
>
> Does this mean samba is banned from interoperating with future windows
> products???
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Davide Dozza [mailto:davide.dozza at yacme.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:49 AM
> To: samba
> Subject: [Samba] CIFS & SMB Microsoft licenses
>
>
>
> Hello guys,
>
> does anyone knows the implications that the CIFS and SMB Microsoft
> licenses may have on samba development ?
>
> http://news.com.com/2010-1075-882846.html
>
> Davide
>
>
>
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