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:news.samba.org: Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider
news.samba.org: Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider
Nov 13, 2006, 13 :45 UTC (31 Talkback[s]) (9068 reads)

[ Thanks to Jeremy Allison for this link. ]

"The Samba Team disapproves strongly of the actions taken by Novell on November 2nd.

"One of the fundamental differences between the proprietary software world and the free software world is that the proprietary software world divides users by forcing them to agree to coercive licensing agreements which restrict their rights to share with each other, whereas the free software world encourages users to unite and share the benefits of the software..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
We call upon Novell to work with the Sof ...   Why? Why?   
Adrian
Nov 13, 2006, 04:01:07  
SuSE has been my disto for the past nine ...   'Tis a pity   
Ursus Orribilus
Nov 13, 2006, 04:50:55  
I've begun modifying the README file ...   Death from a thousand cuts   
jp
Nov 13, 2006, 05:34:18  
This is one of those things that Novell ...   Too late...   
Tim Patterson
Nov 13, 2006, 05:34:28  
It's unfortunate that not everyone r ...   No one is reading the details   
z00p
Nov 13, 2006, 08:55:14  
That's a very nice description of th ...   Too much candy in the basket   
Eric Laffoon
Nov 13, 2006, 10:50:59  
Well stated and obviously pragmatic deci ...   Treachery beyond comment   
helios
Nov 13, 2006, 11:10:56  
When you look at the Samba website you h ...   Samba license and more   
GerardM
Nov 13, 2006, 11:40:23  
[...]> There is NO patent agreement - re ...   Re: No one is reading the details   
Ken Jennings
Nov 13, 2006, 11:52:21  
> It's unfortunate that not everyone ...   Re: No one is reading the details   
petem
Nov 13, 2006, 12:15:44  
> I've begun modifying the README fi ...   Re: Death from a thousand cuts   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 13, 2006, 12:46:04  
But the linux kernel team is still silen ...   Go samba team!   
Kevin Cadwallader
Nov 13, 2006, 14:14:29  
The article says there was a patent agre ...   Re z00p: Where does it say that?   
Shiva
Nov 13, 2006, 14:50:39  
...If the posts I've read in the las ...   Re: Too late...   
GreyGeek
Nov 13, 2006, 15:04:28  
I've begun modifying the README file ...   Re: Death from a thousand cuts   
Mike Petersen
Nov 13, 2006, 15:05:45  
...- read the agreement, ask the tough q ...   Re: No one is reading the details   
GreyGeek
Nov 13, 2006, 15:21:23  
It is moot. As Eben Moglen already stat ...   Re:speaking of the details   
Rascalson
Nov 13, 2006, 15:47:01  
... If you think that Novell is violatin ...   Re: Re: Death from a thousand cuts   
GreyGeek
Nov 13, 2006, 16:22:00  
In short, we get this (rather absurd and ...   "Follow the money trail."   
digger
Nov 13, 2006, 16:29:16  
>>It is moot. As Eben Moglen already st ...   Re: Re:speaking of the details   
apache
Nov 13, 2006, 16:39:36  
Anyone that is at all conversant with th ...   Novell clueless beyond belief   
philc
Nov 13, 2006, 18:02:50  
> When you look at the Samba website you ...   Re: Samba license and more   
ac
Nov 13, 2006, 18:09:08  
What enterprise customers?Sad, but true. ...   Re: Re: Too late...   
Segedunum
Nov 13, 2006, 19:22:52  
> > ...> - read the agreement, ask the t ...   Re: Re: No one is reading the details   
Blink
Nov 13, 2006, 21:21:34  
One part of the Microsoft-Novell agreeme ...   Samba should reject Microsoft code   
Steve Stites
Nov 13, 2006, 21:39:52  
and Novell (even the OpenSUSE project) n ...   SAMBA is right,   
Rick Stockton
Nov 13, 2006, 21:42:05  
SuSE/Novell: the one and only unique lin ...   electronic WWIII has started?   
Robert M. Stockmann
Nov 14, 2006, 02:19:59  
I'm amazed at how you guys don't ...   You guysjust don't get it   
Fred
Nov 14, 2006, 06:36:54  
Microsoft has a long history of doing pe ...   Deal with the Devil   
Tim Spencer
Nov 14, 2006, 09:59:23  
... I'm amazed at how you guys don&# ...   re: You guysjust don't get it   
Brandioch Conner
Nov 14, 2006, 14:18:26  
> Companies like Novell & Microsoft have ...   Re: You guysjust don't get it   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 14, 2006, 14:31:13  
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