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Jeremy, Hopefully you are reading this and help to provide some insight for us.

All childish sniping aside on this forum, and any personal feelings I have regarding your stance, your move to GPLv3 does bring up a number of questions that my business customers may have and I'd like to be fair about SAMBA's role here...

It would appear that at this time, there isn't any truly robust and functional alternative to SAMBA when customers want interoperability between their Linux and Windows servers. I fully recognize that most customers aren't going to fully analyze the benefits of GPL2 vs GPL3. They just want something that works, and works now!

But software companies/groups/projects will bicker it out for some time and customers could be caught in the middle. Dem's da breaks I guess.

One of the advantages of the Novell/Microsoft pact was that they agreed to develop interoperability. I saw SAMBA as the key bridge to interoperability. Since you're no longer at Novell, you no longer have direct access to those discussions. (Although I would hope Microsoft would still want to work with you.) What impact will that have on the development of SAMBA GPL3?

Also, what would be your stance on on SAMBA GPL3 if it is installed on Suse if Novell and Linux continue to be on GPL2? Will you allow it to be fully supported even if you don't like the continuing pact between Novell and Microsoft?

There's alot of questions I have about the move to GPL3 since SAMBA is clearly one of the biggest driving forces for Linux adoption. I'd really like to hear a more indepth commentary from you regarding what the future holds for customers in this area.

Thanks,
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Does this come as a surprise to anyone?  ye | 07/09/07
Of course not. Just sells more IIS.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/09/07
What does Samba have to do with IIS?  John L. Ries | 07/09/07
Both contain the letter S  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/09/07
Explain youself!  B.O.F.H. | 07/09/07
Given that the SAMBA group is very intelligent and they value freedom, no  DonnieBoy | 07/09/07
They value THEIR idea of freedom.  ye | 07/09/07
Their code, their rules  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/09/07
Agreed. But that doesn't mean...  ye | 07/09/07
Agreed. But that doesn't mean...  joe6pack_z | 07/10/07
Agreed. But that doesn't mean...  goxk@... | 07/10/07
Just so we're clear...  none none | 07/10/07
Re : Just so that we are clear  goxk@... | 07/10/07
Samba will move to GPLv3  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
Fortunately...  John L. Ries | 07/09/07
Sorry to hear that  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
Code that's filled with hate?  John Le'Brecage | 07/09/07
Its no surprise  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
I haven't stopped laughing...  John Le'Brecage | 07/09/07
There is hate in the code.  JeremyAllison | 07/09/07
More fear than hate.  JeremyAllison | 07/09/07
Questions for Jeremy  yyuko@... | 07/09/07
Businesses don't want to play the licensing game.  ye | 07/09/07
Re: Businesses don't want to play the licensing game.  none none | 07/09/07
At the rate it's going who knows what the license is!  ye | 07/09/07
Re: At the rate it's going who knows what the license is!  none none | 07/09/07
You can believe that all you want.  ye | 07/09/07
Re: You can believe that all you want.  none none | 07/09/07
That's still a license agreement that I have to abide by.  ye | 07/10/07
Re: That's still a license agreement that I have to abide by.  none none | 07/10/07
GPlv3 Samba won't affect interop.  JeremyAllison | 07/09/07
Doh ! Typo !  JeremyAllison | 07/09/07
Thanks but...  yyuko@... | 07/09/07
You are full of hate Jeremy.  ye | 07/09/07
Yeah right  zkiwi | 07/09/07
Perhaps you missed Jeremys rants.  ye | 07/09/07
Whee!  zkiwi | 07/09/07
I read what you wrote  ye | 07/09/07
Well...  zkiwi | 07/09/07
I didn't have to ask. Jeremy's whining made it clear.  ye | 07/10/07
Fear of what?  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
Fear of the GPL happy  JeremyAllison | 07/09/07
I'm light, but it is Monday  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
Suggestions  People | 07/09/07
Easy Solutions  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
Grow up  yyuko@... | 07/09/07
Nah  zkiwi | 07/09/07
Samba is not about hate, it is about brotherly love, and preventing  DonnieBoy | 07/09/07
Where is the love?  Loverock Davidson | 07/09/07
Re: Where is the love?  yyuko@... | 07/09/07
Oh, Come off it, DonnieBoy  John Zern | 07/10/07
Wantch IIS sales go up. wink (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/09/07
Dimwit wink (NT)  thelemite | 07/09/07
I'm laughing so hard my sides split...  John Le'Brecage | 07/09/07
You would have thought he knew that IIS was a web server. But, from his  DonnieBoy | 07/09/07
Another important point...  jasonp@... | 07/09/07
Erm...  zkiwi | 07/09/07
Wait and see  hoiatl | 07/09/07
Re: Wait and see  none none | 07/09/07
Wait and see  hoiatl | 07/09/07
EU case and the Samba twist  Spîkeý | 07/09/07
Re: EU case and the Samba twist  JeremyAllison | 07/09/07
Tar doesn't do compression  mattflaschen | 07/09/07
OH, the irony!  Henry Miller | 07/10/07
Re: OH, the irony!  none none | 07/10/07
"the widely used "tar" command for compressing and decompressing files."  ~doolittle~ | 07/10/07
gpl  sjaaxken | 07/10/07
Good post (nt)  none none | 07/10/07
Samba is but one of many  Melisa@... | 07/10/07
This is good.  tracy anne | 07/10/07

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