Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Erast Benson <erast@gnusolaris.org> wrote:

> (a) to ship packaged OpenSolaris core on "main" CD, and the rest of
> GPL-filtered software, will go on "Companion" CD, or through APT
> repository later on. This is doable, since OpenSolaris core has
> everything it needs to be installed as a base system. We will try look
> carefully into GPL vs. LGPL vs. dual-licensed GPL and will clean up
> Nexenta to be complient with requests on this mailing lists.

Remember that dpkg is GPLed, so there's a slightly awkward bootstrapping
issue.
 
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