Re: re: lebsack account request

> OK, so by "infecting", do you mean the use of libsmbclient symbol names in my > smbclient.c file? Does that make this a derivative work and not > something that > merely uses the functionality of the GPL'd work? GPL says, among others things, that if you write code that it designed to link against code that is solely GPL licensed, then the code that you write must also be placed under the GPL. That is a requirement of the GPL; if you disagree, you can't use the GPL'd code. > If you're worried about attacks on the PHP project over things like this, I > understand. Yes, the worry is that if we are seen to promote PHP extensions that are GPL licensed, then we might be forced to change the PHP license to GPL, as the concept of linking is bi-directional. We don't really think this will happen, because it's difficult to enforce, but we'd rather not have to prove our case, so we try to steer clear of it. > I also was not aware of that CVS project. It looks quite old. > Perhaps I could still collaborate with the author of that module. The smbc extension exists from a slightly older time, so it managed to sneak in relatively un-noticed. Maybe you can reach the author, but even if not, you're still free to do what you will with it. > BTW Wez, great tutorial PDF, it helped me out a lot on this extension. :) > > Adam My pleasure :) --Wez.