On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 02:04:29 +0100 Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > fs/cifs/winucase.c is commented as: > > * The const tables in this file were converted from the following info > * provided by Microsoft: > * > * 3.1.5.3 Mapping UTF-16 Strings to Upper Case: > * > * http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh877830.aspx > * http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=10921 > * > * In particular, the table in "Windows 8 Upper Case Mapping Table.txt" was > * post-processed using the winucase_convert.pl script. > > Isn't "Windows 8 Upper Case Mapping Table.txt" then the preferred form > for modification of the tables? In which case, it should be included in > the kernel sources. > > Also, shouldn't this file acknowledge Microsoft's copyright, if it's a > derivative work of their file? > > Ben. > (cc'ing samba-technical and Bradley Kuhn in the hopes that he can help clarify) Good questions. I'm not certain on either point. When I queried the MS folks about the licensing on that file, they said: "I discovered the content you used is in fact referenced by the MS-UCODEREF document, in section 3.1.5.2.3.1 Windows Sorting Weight Table. I discussed with the appropriate folks here, and for use in Samba it's certainly covered under Samba's existing PFIF license." Bradley, any thoughts as to Ben's questions? -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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