From 4c1f0f5647aa14e25507c4e3174cffa06cbd31d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:40:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: mention Samba GPLv2 incompatibility Samba 3.2.0 switched to version 3 of the GNU General Public License, which is not compatible with GPLv2 used in ELinks. Perhaps we can eventually relicense ELinks to "GPL version 2 or later", or resolve this in some other way. Until then, warn distributors of binaries about the conflict. --- NEWS | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 39d9a3c7..9e8a8f20 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Notable new features: in features.conf. * enhancement 844: SMB protocol using libsmbclient. This replaces the smbclient-based code that was disabled in ELinks 0.11.2. + Unfortunately, Samba 3.2.0 and later seem GPLv2 incompatible. Incompatibilities: -- 2.11.4.GIT