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| author | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 2020-10-21 10:53:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org> | 2020-10-22 15:34:54 +0000 |
| commit | 1262b13f4db9502c36579b7dd740d8002e0baac9 (patch) | |
| tree | caaf96e79f1f669a7e7d05959894443990aed20c /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | c03a265030fefb1652469ff98a8b895b8f61b771 (diff) | |
| download | samba-1262b13f4db9502c36579b7dd740d8002e0baac9.tar.gz | |
Add VFS-License-clarification.txt as discussed on the Team list.
Update WHATSNEW.txt with a copy for the next release.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Ralph Boehme <slow@samba.org>
Autobuild-User(master): Ralph Böhme <slow@samba.org>
Autobuild-Date(master): Thu Oct 22 15:34:54 UTC 2020 on sn-devel-184
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 983dc4761fc..ffcf634030d 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -16,6 +16,38 @@ UPGRADING NEW FEATURES/CHANGES ==================== +Here is a copy of a clarification note added to the Samba code +in the file: VFS-License-clarification.txt. +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +A clarification of the GNU GPL License boundary within the Samba +Virtual File System (VFS) layer. + +Samba is licensed under the GNU GPL. All code committed to the Samba +project or creating a derived work must be either licensed under the +GNU GPL or a compatible license. + +Samba has several plug-in interfaces where external code may be called +from Samba GNU GPL licensed code. The most important of these is the +Samba VFS layer. + +Samba VFS modules are intimately connected by header files and API +definitions to the part of the Samba code that provides file services, +and as such, code that implements a plug-in Samba VFS module must be +licensed under the GNU GPL or a compatible license. + +However, Samba VFS modules may themselves call third-party external +libraries that are not part of the Samba project and are externally +developed and maintained. + +As long as these third-party external libraries do not use any of the +Samba internal structure, APIs or interface definitions created by the +Samba project that are licensed under the GNU GPL then it is the view +of the Samba Team that such third-party external libraries called from +Samba VFS modules are not part of the Samba code and cannot be +considered a derived work of Samba for the purposes of GNU GPL +licensing. Thus such libraries are not required to be under the GNU +GPL or a GNU GPL compatible license. Client Group Policy ------------------- |