Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

[David Nusinow <david_nusinow@verizon.net>]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:08:23PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:05:32PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote:
> > Do any of these choice of venue clauses impinge on simple redistribution?
> > If so, I'd *definitely* be against those specific ones. If they don't
> > relate to the simple redistribution that our mirror operators do, then I
> > don't think this is an issue we have to worry about.
> 
> Sure; the distribution rights are contingent on accepting the specified
> court's jurisdiction over the license agreement.  This impinges simple
> redistribution.

Ok, given this then I'll agree entirely that it's non-free, since it limits
the freedom to redistribute the software.

 - David Nusinow