[Samba] Sernet 4.3.X package is no longer free :/

[MORILLO Jordi]

Hi Dirk,

I'm in discussion with Sernet. Their initial offers was 1 server, so i tell them that lots of people have 1 dc + 1 file server (best practice is to separate DC from print/file  server).
They are now allowing 5 servers for 1 licence.
I'm actually talking about a very low cost licence for home/student/personnal use.
Wait and see :-)


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Dirk Laurenz [mailto:samba at laurenz.ws] 
Envoyé : lundi 5 octobre 2015 14:02
À : MORILLO Jordi <J.Morillo at educationetformation.fr>
Objet : Re: [Samba] Sernet 4.3.X package is no longer free :/

Hello everybody,

the prices are fair from my point of view as it is for 5 servers and 1 year and if you keep in mind how much efforts it takes to maintain and compile this packages. For example debian jessie has still samba 4.1.7 not 4.2. or even 4.3.
If choosen those sernet packages at home, as they where the most recent ones. more up to date, than any other distribution. what i would like is, to have those packages still for free for private use. Will there be a chance?

Regards, Dirk

Am 20.09.2015 um 19:24 schrieb MORILLO Jordi:
> Hi Everybody,
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> I was expecting samba 4.3 .deb package from Sernet but surprise, 
> branch 4.3 and futur will not be free.
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> Starting with Samba 4.3 SerNet made some changes to its popular 
> packages, formerly known as EnterpriseSAMBA. They are now published as 
> SAMBA+ for Samba 4.3 and all later versions and are available at our 
> SAMBA+ shop<https://shop.samba.plus/> at 
> https://shop.samba.plus<https://shop.samba.plus/> as software 
> subscription per server and per year.
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> 345.10€ for 1 server / 1 year
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> We are a small charity association with lots of small sites, so lots 
> of samba server...
> I don't think that we can pay Sernet. Time to compile i think :-)
>
> What do you think about Sernet prices ?
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