My understanding is that microsoft adoped SMB. Do they actually have a patent on SMB? It can't possibly even be enforcable.
SB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Davide Dozza 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > 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 > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
