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Re: CDDL/GPL and Nexenta (with CDDL libc)



Le jeudi 23 septembre 2010 à 20:42 +0100, Stephen Gran a écrit : 
> This one time, at band camp, Florian Weimer said:
> > * Don Armstrong:
> > 
> > > CDDL'ed libc (and other System Library) and GPLv3+ work: OK
> > 
> > I think the FSF wants us not to be able to use the System Library
> > exception.  It is only intended for proprietary operating systems.
> 
> Does no one else see a license exception that is easier for a
> proprietary OS than a free one as problematic?

Well, it would be if that was the case. But if a proprietary software
vendor wanted to distribute a GPL program built on proprietary
libraries, he could not. 

The constraints for a CDDL’ed OS are the same as for a proprietary one.

-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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`. `'  “If you behave this way because you are blackmailed by someone,
  `-    […] I will see what I can do for you.”  -- Jörg Schilling

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