![]() ![]() You snipped some pretty important things out of your quotes there. * The comments above would indicate "not very". The question is, just how valuable is that developer time?* But I would also argue that GPLv3 Samba would lose valuable developer testing in this situation, possibly to its detriment. One can fairly argue that we wouldn't have a product at all without Samba. (And the Chinese can surely undercut our hardware and development costs.) This is not very attractive (except to those industrious Chinese, of course). Now any other company is licensed to our (hardware) patent. 3 says I now have to grant "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license" for that patent. I have to distribute the modified Samba-no problem. I make a box with some whizzy patented feature (that I invested many $ into), that I can turn on by adding a line to the Samba code. Posted 23:49 UTC (Tue) by dfsmith (guest, #20302)īy the wording, the following (hypothetical situation) is arguable. Versions is unchanged and remains as it was under the GPLv2. The rights of vendors to ship 3.0.25b and previous Not have the right to distribute any version of Samba covered by the GPLv3 ![]() Sambaĭistributors who have made such patent covenant agreements after that date will The license if they are "discriminatory" under section 11 of the GPLv3. Patent covenant deals done after 28 March 2007 are explicitly incompatible with What about patent covenant agreements ? How do they Libraries released under the LGPLv3 with your "GPLv2 only" code then you will "GPLv2 only" license prevents mixing with other licenses. The Samba libraries released under the GPLv3 or LGPLv3 as the wording of the If your code is released under a "GPLv2 only" license, it is not compatible with If your code is released under a "GPLv2 or later" license, it is compatible withīoth the GPLv3 and the LGPLv3 licensed Samba code. The Samba Team releases libraries under two licenses: the GPLv3 and the LGPLv3. I am the author of a GPLv2 licensed program, can I still use the samba Them to fall foul of the new DRM language in the GPLv3, but as always, consult We're not aware of any vendor distributing Samba in such a way that would cause Language in GPLv3 ? What does this mean for my Samba-based Help ! I've read scary things about the anti-DRM, All new features will only be developed for the new 3.2.x or later GPLv3 Security fixes for 3.0.25b releases for as long as this code base is widely What about old versions ?Īs with previous major version changes, the Team will continue to provide I need to ship 3.0.x for several years as part of a Of the GPL, contributors do not need to change anything about their submissions. Samba has always accepted code with the "or (at your option) any later version" New code contributions will be accepted in exactly the same way as before. What about code submissions ? Does anything change ? Important change to help promote the interests of Samba and other Free Software. Software Foundation for updating the GPL license, and also all the individualsĪnd corporations involved in helping to create the GPLv3. The Samba Team would like to thank Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen and the Free GPLv3, all versions of Samba numbered 3.0.x and before remain under the GPLv2. To be clear, all versions of Samba numbered 3.2 and later will be under the ![]() Version release was to be 3.0.26, this will now be renumbered so the GPLv3 ![]() GPLv3 license, we are updating our next version release number. To allow people to distinguish which Samba version is released with the new Version of the license to better suit the needs of Free Software in the 21st Licenses and to make it easier to adopt internationally, and is an improved It has been updated to improve compatibility with other The GPLv3 is the updated version of the GPLv2 license under which Samba isĬurrently distributed. GPLv3 and LGPLv3 licences for all future releases of Samba. ,, Īfter internal consideration in the Samba Team we have decided to adopt the ![]()
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