Hsluoyz

Npcap also supports NDIS 5, right?

As I remember, you indicated that it could be installed on NT 5 systems, using NDIS 5; if that's true, you might want to mention that in the pcap section on Npcap. Guy Harris (talk) 18:56, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Re: Npcap also supports NDIS 5, right?

In fact, Npcap installer will install the vanilla WinPcap in Windows XP. I don't think it should be viewed as a part of Npcap. It's just Npcap installer includes old WinPcap for convenience. I'm even thinking about removing WinPcap in the installer now, because if a XP user wants to use packet capture feature, he can just use WinPcap. Npcap and its advanced features are for Vista and later users. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.136.38.203 (talk) 10:30, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Hsluoyz, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Pcap has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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Just a note to add that the source webpage is released under a GNU General Public License, but not a compatible CC-by license. The GNU license alone is not enough. — Diannaa (talk) 23:28, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

To be fair, Hsluoyz, a/k/a Yang Luo, is the main developer of Npcap, so "asking permission" would probably consist of:

• "So, Yang, can I copy stuff from the Npcap Web site to Wikipedia?"
• "Sure, Yang, go ahead!"

so in this particular case it's probably OK. Guy Harris (talk) 00:06, 4 March 2016 (UTC)