Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program]
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:57:17 -0800, Erast Benson <erast@gnusolaris.org> said:
> I'm not talking about DFSG to embrace CDDL entirely. CDDL is good ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Please look up the meaning of acronyms if you intend on using them. I
do not think it means what you think it means.
DFSG = Debian Free Software Guidelines
see http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
All software in Debian _must_ be licensed under a DFSG-compatible
license. The question was whether or not Nexenta wants to be an
official Debian port. If, as David suggests, CDDL is not
DFSG-compatible, this already precludes GNU/Solaris from becoming an
official Debian port.
This does not mean that Nexenta cannot work with Debian, or with Debian
developers. (In fact, Debian generally wants Debian-derivatives to work
with them.) But this means that GNU/Solaris cannot be an official
Debian port.
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