Re: [mdk-re] to all

[Aleksey Novodvorsky <aen@logic.ru>]

Serge Skorokhodov wrote:

>Здравствуйте!
>
>К знающим людям. Не могли бы Вы прокомментировать следующую
>цитату?
>
>>Microsoft's latest concessions regard its Common Internet File
>>System (CIFS) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocol
>>technologies, which Windows servers and desktop machines use to
>>communicate over networks such as the Internet. Microsoft says
>>that it won't assert its intellectual property rights over CIFS
>>and will instead offer it openly as an Internet standard. In
>>August, Microsoft will also begin licensing its proprietary
>>enhancements to SMB, giving third parties the information they
>>need to write compatible products. Some SMB-compatible products
>>already exist, such as Samba, an SMB add-on for UNIX and UNIX-
>>like OSs such as Linux. But because the SMB format was
>>proprietary, Samba's developers had to reverse-engineer SMB,
>>which changes somewhat with each Windows version. Microsoft's
>>opening up of SMB is a big win for UNIX/Linux/Windows
>>interoperability.
>>
Это соответствует условиям соглашения между MS и DOJ. Того самого 
"минимального" соглашения, которое хотят сейчас ужесточить 9 штатов.  Я, 
правда, не знаю, прописаны ли условия лицензирования в этом соглашении.

Rgrds, AEN