On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 04:15:35PM +0000, Paul Older wrote: > On 11/10/2013 17:04, "Jeremy Allison" <j...@samba.org> wrote: > > > >On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:36:41AM +0000, Paul Older wrote: > >> * A few years ago, Samba made changes to their licensing meaning > >>Apple could apparently no longer use it in a commercial release (so I've > >>read) > > > >No No No !!!!! > > > >"Apple could apparently no longer use it in a commercial release" > > > >I *hate* this myth, it's *completely* untrue. Where > >did you read this ? > > Apologies - my source is quite unofficial and now also apparently wrong. > For info, I read it here: > > http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/24/apple-to-drop-samba-networking-tools-from-li > on > > As Mac OS X adopted more of Samba's tools, the team behind Samba gradually > transformed the open source licensing for its software. The latest version > of Samba is offered only with General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3 > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>) licensing, which includes > restrictions that essentially prevent Apple from incorporating it into > commercially packaged software like Mac OS X.
"essentially prevent" == "Stops Apple from suing Samba or Samba users over their patents". Is how you have to read that. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
