[Samba] CIFS & SMB Microsoft licenses

[Javid Abdul-AJAVID1]

which means samba cant be used in future with windows?

what other products out there which has no GPL license to interoperate with
windows
TAS?

-----Original Message-----
From: Davide Dozza [mailto:davide.dozza at yacme.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:20 AM
To: Javid Abdul-AJAVID1
Cc: samba
Subject: Re: [Samba] CIFS & SMB Microsoft licenses


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
> 
> 
>