[jcifs] jCIFS license

Michael B Allen miallen at ioplex.com
Wed May 7 00:18:38 GMT 2008


That's ok. I'll delete the other lgpl link later.

Thanks,
Mike

On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:06:30 -0600
"Matt Parker" <parkerman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification. What do you think about updating the web
> site? I don't mind doing it (if you agree it should be done). Should I
> send HTML diffs or whole pages or ... ?
> 
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Michael B Allen <miallen at ioplex.com> wrote:
> > JCIFS is LGPL 2.1.
> >
> >  Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >  On Tue, 6 May 2008 16:38:07 -0600
> >  "Matt Parker" <parkerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  > Hi Mike,
> >  >
> >  > I understand the jCIFS license to be LGPL. However, there are two
> >  > different links from the home page--one under the heading "Developer
> >  > Information", link "JCIFS is Licensed Under the LGPL" which links to
> >  > the 1999 LGPL 2.1 text, and one under the heading "Other", link "GNU
> >  > Library General Public License" which links to the 2007 LGPL v3 text.
> >  > Also, the API overview
> >  > (http://jcifs.samba.org/src/docs/api/overview-summary.html) discusses
> >  > the intent of the license.
> >  >
> >  > I'd like to suggest creating a dedicated "jCIFS License" page which
> >  > describes the intent of the license and has a link to whichever
> >  > version of LGPL is relevant. Then link to that page from an FAQ entry
> >  > "What is the jCIFS license?" and from the home page.
> >  >
> >  > Thanks in advance,
> >  >
> >  > Matt
> >  >
> >
> >
> >  --
> >  Michael B Allen
> >  PHP Active Directory SPNEGO SSO
> >  http://www.ioplex.com/
> >
> 


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