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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:59:49 -0500, nemesis wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> They're also working with the SAMBA team now.
>
> yeah, they probably want some hints at how to correctly handle their
> spec. Not first time it happened.
Possibly. But the SAMBA team agreeing to work with them is a significant
thing as well, because they were so outspoken over the Novell/Microsoft
agreement. I mean, Jeremy Allison quit Novell over that deal.
> But truth be told, M$ only said GPL was a cancer, not general
> opens-source software. It's understandable. They certainly would feel
> a lot happier to just integrate BSD-covered code into their products
> without much legal fuss. hey, more people working for free for their
> glory...
Well, they've used a fair bit of BSD code already; their TCP/IP stack
reportedly comes from the BSD implementation.
Jim
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