Re: [OT] How much open is OpenSolaris?
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:07:47 -0400, Celejar wrote in
20070330110747.40f06d4a.celejar@gmail.com:
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:30:09 -0400
> Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:14:34AM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote:
>> > From time to time I grab a diferent OS to install and try my hands at
>> > it. This time was OpenSolaris. The thing is, at some point in the
>> > install, OpenSolaris throws a license at my face that doesn't seem
>> > open at all. I can run the software, but I can't redistribute, copy,
>> > etc. I am no law expert, but that license doesn't seem really open or
>> > free. As far as I could tell, at least grub and (a javified version
>> > of) gnome are free, and OpenSolaris is using it. Maybe it uses other
>> > free software. So, doesn't that license conflicts with the gpl? Its
>> > not to flame Sun, I know the company has contributed a lot with the
>> > community, and many folks respects them. Just trying to get things
>> > clearer.
>> >
>> >
>> From what I remember, OpenSolaris is distributed under the CDDL
>> license[0]. The license is actually written by Sun, and according to
>> the Wikipedia article "The [FSF] considers it a free license
>> incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL)". I guess this
>> means that although it is free, it isn't free under GPL standards (What
>> other licenses are, anyway? I believe BSD it, but I don't know of any
>> others).
..Sun people has gone on record stating this incompatibility is "by
design" under a set of specific strategic litigation policies, AFAIUI
from the rather extensive coverage at http://groklaw.net/ .
>> The controversy section on the Wikipedia page may be the most
>> informative to you, considering where you asked this question[1].
>>
>>
>> [0]
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Common_Development_and_Distribution_License
>> [1]
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Common_Development_and_Distribution_License#Controversy
>
> IIUC, controversy over whether the CDDL is FSF / GPL compatible is at
> the heart of the removal of cdrtools from Debian and its replacement
> with that forked thing whose name escapes me at the moment. Joerg and
..Jörg starting a new thread with Message-ID:
<460d4f66.ZEQJNBW0XbcrnYLQ%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
reminds me of a picture taken of a C-130 approaching some Bosnian
airbase, spraying strawman chaff to evade a missile hit. ;o)
> Roberto have battled vigorously over this here on this list (as well as
> on other Debian lists, according to Google).
..thank you, Roberto. :o)
>
> Celejar
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