On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:44:59 +1300 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 06:43 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > > 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? > > The worked 'referenced' is the key point, because these are the terms on > the WSPP docs on their website: > > Copyrights. This documentation is covered by Microsoft copyrights. > Regardless of any other terms that are contained in the terms of use for > the Microsoft website that hosts this documentation, you may make copies > of it in order to develop implementations of the technologies described > in the Open Specifications and may distribute portions of it in your > implementations using these technologies or your documentation as > necessary to properly document the implementation. You may also > distribute in your implementation, with or without modification, any > schema, IDL’s, or code samples that are included in the documentation. > This permission also applies to any documents that are referenced in the > Open Specifications. > > The last line is what they are referring to. > That would seem to indicate that it's OK to include a copy of that file in the kernel sources, but I'll wait until the conservancy folks confirm this. Thanks, -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
