Comments on: Samba will move to GPLv3

The Free Software Foundation's new license gets a major endorsement from a major server software project.

[Marcus Westrup]

This will be fun for Linux shops

Corporations that use Linux to any extent will need to watch how this all turns out. In particular, any company that has a stock trading symbol (or works with the Markets) need to get the licensing just right to avoid conflict with the SEC.
In the near term Admins will need to pay close attention to the mix of packages installed on each machine. Until some solid guidelines are available, I hope a grace period will be permitted by the courts.

[JoeF2]

Huh?

Anybody who uses software already had to check the licenses to make sure they are not running afoul of license violations. So, there is nothing new here, just one or two more licenses to add to the mix.
Hardly earth-shattering...

[angrykeyboarder]

Potential for SEC Conflict?

Please elaborate.

[qwerty75]

When this happens

MS will officially be a GPL3 distributor and will be subject to the terms in regards to that software.

So much for their proclamations recently.