Hello Ed,
My understanding of the licensing issue is that *any* client that uses
a windows server, whether directly, or indirectly via Samba requires
a Client Access license.
Tom.
Tom Crummey, Systems and Network
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With all this DMCA crud, is samba a target for a IP case from MS
Jason Adams
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:18:13AM -0800, Jason Adams wrote:
With all this DMCA crud, is samba a target for a IP case from MS
Short answer. No.
Jeremy.
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On the other hand, it's only a matter of time before Samba becomes a
legal target for SCO. (Tongue firmly in cheek, but sadly truthful)
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 07:35:18PM +, Jeremy Allison wrote:
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:18:13AM -0800, Jason Adams wrote:
With all this DMCA crud, is
Perhaps. Perhaps not. SCO has little ground against Samba under the
DMCA, since none of the technology in Samba duplicates anything in SCO's
UNIX offerings (thus there is no reverse engineering of SCOware being
done). Not to mention that SCO benefits from Samba directly, so even if
they
I understand that the smb protocol is not in any violation, what i was
talking about was does setting up a samba box to authenticate windows
users conflict with any laws, seeing as how you are now negating the
requirement for a licensed windows server. I would love to get rid of
our Win2k pdc
Subject: Re: [Samba] how legal is samba
I understand that the smb protocol is not in any violation, what i was
talking about was does setting up a samba box to authenticate windows
users conflict with any laws, seeing as how you are now negating the
requirement for a licensed windows server. I
Le jeu 20/11/2003 à 22:09, Ed Holden a écrit :
The only company that might use the DMCA in desperation is Microsoft, as
some of their protocols are implemented in Samba. But the phrase their
protocols is putting it graciously, and even they might not have a
legal leg to stand on.
They
Jason,
People use this Samba PDC setup all the time. As far as I know when you
have a Windows PDC you need licenses for the server and for each of the
clients. This is in addition to the client licenses you own for each
machine. So if you buy a machine with Windows 2000 Professional you
Thats right - He might be thinking of the client access licenses on the
Windows servers. Samba needs no such licensing, nor is any required. As
long as you have licenses for your windows clients, then you are
completely legal.
Remember, a LOT of people are using Samba around the world. Apple
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