Distribution of HTML from SAMBA kits with modified filenames/hrefs?

John E. Malmberg wb8tyw at qsl.net
Thu Jun 23 19:24:59 GMT 2005


Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 03:07:18PM -0400, John E. Malmberg wrote
> about  'Distribution of HTML from SAMBA kits with modified filenames/hrefs?':
> 
>>The next wrinkle is that I have noticed in the HTML books have some text 
>>in them about distributing modified versions requiring a prominent 
>>notice of the change, and to provide the change back to both the 
>>Copyright Owners and Samba Team.
> 
> What text exactly are you referring to ? I am not aware of any such
> text. The docs are published under the GPL (interpreting the DocBook 
> XML files as source). 

I noticed that text in the using_samba/licenseinfo.html  I have not 
checked the other books yet.

>>Does this changing of the filenames and the HREFs constitute enough of a 
>>change to require such a notice?
> 
> Shouldn't need such a requirement, imho.

Thanks,

-John



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