Re: [Fwd: Debian and CDDL and DFSG]

[Martin Man <Martin.Man@Sun.COM>]

Hi George,

George Danchev wrote On 2006-08-09 16:22,:
> On Wednesday 09 August 2006 17:01, Martin Man wrote:
>
> > MJ Ray wrote On 2006-08-09 15:23,:
> >
> > > Martin Man <Martin.Man@Sun.COM> wrote:
>
> --cut--
>
> > the original package in question was cdrtools by Joerg Schelling, Joerg
> > was claiming that debian refuses to upgrade to a newer version of his
> > sources because of CDDL, and because I could not believe his statement,
> > I'm trying myself to get the information clarified (FYI: debian stable
> > of course ships latest available stable cdrtools)
>
>
> The problem is the obscure mix of GPL and CDDL licensed code (hence my 
> previous question to what degree these are compatible). See bug #377109 for 
> full explanation:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377109
>
> this has been beaten to death, the clear resolution is to dual-license the 
> whole product under GPL/CDDL and it all be fine.

I see, thanx for the link

> You seem to be confusing commercial and proprietary usage. For example Red Hat 
> and Novell go commercial with GPL. Anyone can do that with Debian if s/he 
> wants. Turning a free software into proprietary one is a regression.

I was talking about mixing opensource code (CDDL) with proprietary files 
in order to make a product that will bring you money, not pure commerce 
out of GPLed code, just to make it clear.

thanx,
Martin