samba - Apr 2002 - MS CIFS licensing - should we worry?

All -

I have been using Samba since late 1996, and I owe a debt of gratitude 
to Tridge, Jeremy, and all the rest of the amazing crew who have 
contributed.

The note on Slashdot about Microsoft forbidding anyone releasing a CIFS 
workalike scares me - a lot.  Does this put Samba in jeopardy?

I've looked through the archive, and I've seen nothing on this topic. 
If this has already been answered, please forgive me.  I must not have 
looked for the right subject lines.

Thanks,
Thomas

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 01:09:34AM -0600, Thomas.Cameron@CameronTech.com
wrote:
> All -
> 
> I have been using Samba since late 1996, and I owe a debt of gratitude 
> to Tridge, Jeremy, and all the rest of the amazing crew who have 
> contributed.
> 
> The note on Slashdot about Microsoft forbidding anyone releasing a CIFS 
> workalike scares me - a lot.  Does this put Samba in jeopardy?
Current advice is "Don't Panic" :-) :-). No, we don't believe
this puts Samba in jeopardy.

We're preparing a much longer statement but to ensure we're
completely factually correct we want to talk to the FSF lawyer,
who is a great bloke who advises us on legal matters. These
things take a little time so hang on in there and don't panic :-).

Regards,

	Jeremy Allison,
	Samba Team.