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Jeremy Allison Talks Samba and GPLv3

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the early-adopters dept.

dmarti writes "The software that enables Linux to act as a Windows file and print server is adopting the Free Software Foundation's new license. What will be the impact on users, distributors, and appliance vendors? Samba maintainer Jeremy Allison answers, in a podcast interview."

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Move along. by wanderingknight · · Score: 2, Funny

    Repost.

  2. in other news... by RelliK · · Score: 2, Funny

    slashdot stops posting dupes. No wait...

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  3. NewsFlash! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    CowboyNeal is rising to the challenge of out-duping Zonk on the main page. The gloves are off. In this clash of titans, who will prevail? Zonk opens by fanning the irony flames with a data mining dupe. CowboyNeal replies with a Samba entry on a RMS theme. What will Zonk do? can you guess the next move?

    Stay tuned for Slashdot's biggest show - THE DUPE WAR!

  4. Re:Linus is right by Miguel+de+Icaza · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am with Linus on this one. Linus has made the most persuasive argument against GPL v3.
    Since he is the most important contributtor to open source his opinion needs to be respected.
    RMS has to be stopped

    Not everyone involved in opensource can express their opinions freely. Many are employed by companies with strict PR policy and enforcement. When Jeremy Allison resigned from Novell, the fact of his resignation was known by the public for some weeks before his last official day as a Novell employee. Jeremy had to refrain from doing or saying certain things until he was actually off the payroll, so it is good to hear him able to talk freely now. On switching to the gpl3 so soon I'm not sure this isn't too soon. The fact remains it took over a decade to find exploitable weaknesses in the gpl2 (although the gpl2 had patent provisions they were not specific enough to US and international recent software patent law). Today there are many IP lawyers studying the gpl3 for weaknesses, I very much doubt it will take a decade - and when Novell find those loopholes - there will be no one to stop them this time.
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  5. Re:Awesome by trolltalk.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but this article is licensed under the GPL v 3 !!!

    So you can't listen to it using GPL v2 software like linux.

    (... and there's bound to be some idiot^Wphb^Wastroturfer out there who is ready to spout off about how this is *really really really* the case and suggest we all avoid the "problems" of the "viral open sores GPL" by going to Windows ....)

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  6. Typo by ImaLamer · · Score: 2, Funny

    LTFA

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  7. Re:Linus is right by rustalot42684 · · Score: 2, Funny

    He only adopted the GPL because of pressure from others and has never believed in it.
    [[Citation Needed]]

  8. Listen to the article?? by valentyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    We used to not read the article to reply. Well, I admit: this time I didn't listen to it.

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  9. Re:Transcript? by niceone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, this is Slashdot! Not listening to the podcast is just as quick as not reading the article!

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