Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Samba Team Responds to Microsoft CIFS Spec License

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jeremey-reads-slashdot-at-minus-one dept.

Jeremy Allison - Samba Team writes: "The Samba Team has released a statement regarding the Microsoft CIFS specification license and its effect on Samba. Regards! Jeremy Allison" Reading this and the Microsoft CIFS Technical License raises a number of issues worth considering. The statement maintains that the specification details an old implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol, one Microsoft itself has abandoned. One wonders if the only reason they release such docs are as props for a court case or something.

1 of 290 comments (clear)

  1. Interesting aspects by CmdrTaco+(editor) · · Score: 0, Troll

    The future for Samba and SMB could be an interesting one. I'm using Win2K for all my work, but of course I have several Linux boxes setup for messing around with. The easiest way for the Windows box to transfer files is over Samba, it's just so much easier than FTP, and HTTP doesn't have all the capabilities I need. When I upgrade to XP or 2002 or whatever, I'm going to want to make sure I'm still able to access the Samba shares. If I can't, I hate to say it, but I may be forced to switch my network storage box to some Windows variant. Otherwise, what is the use if I don't have full access to my files across the network?