On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 19:42, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > "ComputerWire predicted the release of CIFS and SMB could squash open > > source when news first broke of its decision to open the technology in > > March. As details of the CIFS license have emerged since then, it has > > become clear Microsoft has effectively banned open source companies from > > distributing implementations of CIFS, if the software is distributed > > under the General Public License (GPL)." > > Samba team can release source under SPL (Samba Public License). > We can play dirty games too if needed. :-)
Not really. Microsoft's patent license wording apparently bans all open-source licenses, GPL just happens to be the only one they mention specifically. This has me really concerned. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
