GNU-GPL Version 3 says G.N.O.M.E., Samba are in violation.
Since Richard Stallman and the FSF are so dead set against proprietary technology in an open source package, That would mean that Samba and G.N.O.M.E. violate the GNU-GPL V3 because of the anti-drm stance.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/23/74618_04OPopenent_1.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/15/lessig_stallman_drm/
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html
Samba duplicates a PROPRIETARY protocol. [ Microsoft's smb protocol ]
G.N.O.M.E. requires this proprietary protocol to function.
Didn’t I hear somewhere that Richard Stallman actually uses the G.N.O.M.E. Desktop Environment?
I guess he will have to remove his preferred ui to be in accordance with the GNU-GPL Version 3.
I guess that RHEL, Fedora-core, Centos, Ubuntu, … will have to be completely rebuilt to remove this GNU-GPL V3 violating software.
I am not promoting the use of proprietary technology, I myself do not use any software that is not open source, nor do I use any that requires any proprietary technology where I have the option. My wireless NIC has binary roms for it, though the drivers are GNU-GPL code. [ Ralink's open source drivers on serialmonkey.com ]
I guess NDISwrapper, wine, crossover office will have to be removed, they promote the use of proprietary technologies, in direct violation of Richard Stallman’s stand on proprietary technology on Linux*.
I personally will continue to develop open source software, and use the CCD Copywrite as it is less restrictive than the GNU-GPL in end use, while still requiring open source software to remain open source.
[ http://ccd.apotheon.org/ ]
UPDATE: December 21, 2007:
Microsoft and the Samba development group have reached an agreement where MS gives the documentation for the smb protocol to the Samba group, so this issue is now dead and buried.
The news article:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/122007-microsoft-samba-windows.html?page=1
* Linux being the name of the kernel itself, GNU-Linux being the name of the operating system commonly misnamed Linux.