# Third-party and protocol references

MoonSMB is an independent MoonBit implementation based on the public Microsoft MS-SMB2 protocol documentation and interoperability observations from Samba. No Microsoft or Samba source code is copied into this repository.

The SMB2 protocol specification is published by Microsoft Open Specifications. Samba is used only as a behavioral interoperability reference. Their names and marks remain with their respective owners.
