Samba 3.0.36 GPL version ??

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 16:10 +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:31:57PM +0530, karthikeyan.chetty at wipro.com wrote:
> > To be clear, all versions of Samba numbered 3.2 and later will be under
> > the GPLv3, all versions of Samba numbered 3.0.x and before remain under
> > the GPLv2.
> > ===========================================================
> > Is that after 3.0.26 everything is under GPLV3 , but next statement
> > mentioned as 3.0.x & before remain under GPLV2.
> > >From my understanding, Copy of samba3.0.26 taken and renumbered as
> > samba3.2.X under GPLV3, and released the 3.0 series till samba3.0.36
> > under GPLV2.
> > Is that right?
> 
> To make things crystal clear: 
> 
> **********************************************
> Samba 3.0.36 is licensed under GPLv2 or later.
> **********************************************

> Can you suggest a wording that is more clear, to avoid
> further confusion?

Volker,

I think this is very clear.  Also, anybody so concerned about the
licence applicable to a particular set of software would be advised to
do as you did, and read the actual licence on the source.

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett
http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Cisco Inc.
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