Dear Andrew Tridgell and Samba Team, You have done a wonderful job in providing an excellent piece of software. I am interested in porting smbclient to Handheld device, mostly as a hobby. Please see my website http://vieka.com/. Because some of the Handheld OSs don't have the ability to access Windows share resource, specifically, the new Pocket PC by Microsoft, I would like to add this capability to the handheld device. There might be some other platform that needs a client for Handheld deivce, for example, Palm OS, or Linux base Handheld device. But I do not have plan to port smbclient to those platforms at this moment. As you all know, resource in handheld device is very limited. There might be a need to greatly modify and simplify the code. Obviously, Microsoft might come out with the SMB client soon. But for me, it would be nice to have it now. And I also would like to distribute it for a nominal fee as a comforting compensation. If possible, I would like to delay the release of source code for a period of time so that third party vendors will not have this capabilities. Obviously the source code will be available for nonprofit purpose if so requested. I am not sure if this is acceptable to you. Your response will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. Sid Liu sidliu@yahoo.com ====Take time before time takes you. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:24:54 Sid Liu wrote:> > Because some of the Handheld OSs don't have the > ability to access Windows share resource, > specifically, the new Pocket PC by Microsoft, I would > like to add this capability to the handheld device. > There might be some other platform that needs a client > for Handheld deivce, for example, Palm OS, or Linux > base Handheld device. But I do not have plan to port > smbclient to those platforms at this moment.Windows CE has an SMB client doesn't it? I've never played with "Wince" so I can't remember exact details. Cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- /\ Gerald (Jerry) Carter Professional Services \/ http://www.valinux.com/ VA Linux Systems gcarter@valinux.com http://www.samba.org/ SAMBA Team jerry@samba.org http://www.plainjoe.org/ jerry@plainjoe.org "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )
Hi Gerald, Thanks for your response. I understand the GPL. Still, my question is that can I delay the release of source and/or only release it when requested for nonprofit purpose? Obviously I will prominently display that smb client portion of the code is derived from samba. Sidney sidliu@yahoo.com --- Gerald Carter <gcarter@valinux.com> wrote:> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:27:35 David A. Mason wrote: > > > > There is a downloadable "redirector" for all CE > but > > that running on Arm processors (which is, of > course, the > > kind I have). > > > > Has anyone already pointed out the GPL in response > > > to this question? > > You lost me. What foes the downloadable redirector > have to > do with the GPL. Been out of touch a few days., > > > > > > > CHeers, jerry >----------------------------------------------------------------------> /\ Gerald (Jerry) Carter > Professional Services > \/ http://www.valinux.com/ VA Linux Systems > gcarter@valinux.com > http://www.samba.org/ SAMBA Team > jerry@samba.org > http://www.plainjoe.org/ > jerry@plainjoe.org > > "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a > home." > - Sting "Message in > a Bottle" ( 1979 ) >====Take time before time takes you. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/