With thanks to Warm Silence Software, RISC OS Developments is pleased to
make LanMan98 2.08 freely available under the CDDL (Common Development and Distribution Licence) 1.0. The software can be downloaded from !Store, or
you can visit http://www.riscosdev.com/lanman98 where you'll find the
software and also an additional copy of the full CDDL 1.0 licence.

For those unfamiliar, LanMan98 allows access to "SMB" network shares, used
on Windows, Linux, NAS and Mac devices. Whilst similar functionality is included in RISC OS (LanManFS) as part of OmniClient, most users who have
tried both have tended to find LanMan98 preferable. Historically, it was certainly more compatible with a broader range of devices. These days, LanManFS has improved, but LM98 still provides excellent connectivity and
a simple front end.

The CDDL 1.0 licence was chosen carefully, and we'd like to thank both
Rick Murray and Steve Fryatt for their assitance, advice and
recommendations regarding licensing. The CDDL ensures that changes to
LanMan98 must be fed back and kept open source, which we believe is the
best way forward for the program. CDDL is already used within the RISC OS source tree (eg. SDFS) so we felt this was a compatible choice of licence
for whatever direction LanMan98 and LanManFS take in the future. Sources
are included in the download alongside information about the CDDL licence,
and it has been tested on machines running RISC OS 4 and higher.

We would like to dedicate this release to members of the RISC OS community
who are no longer with us, especially in the light of a tough 12 months.
In particular, we remember past members (and thank remaining members) of
the RISC OS Investment Group (RIG) who have supported ongoing networking
work on RISC OS, making projects like this possible.

Best wishes to all,

Andrew

PS, I have been reminded that one library used by LanMan98 carries its own (permissive/friendly) licence which is not CDDL, but is compatible with it
and our goal of Open Source LanMan98. This is explained in the
documentation.

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Andrew Rawnsley
RISC OS Developments Ltd


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