On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:25:22AM -0800, Erast Benson wrote: > To make it happen, we need to resolve "dpkg" issue and initial boot > strapping process. Which is quite possible to re-write dpkg as CDDL > software. But to avoid duplication of work, it will be wise for Debian > community to release dpkg under LGPL license. Of course, if Debian > community serious about non-glibc ports. If not, I doubt Nexenta OS will > ever be part of Debian community and will continue its way more like > Ubunutu. Think about it.
I'm getting really tired of this conversation going around in circles. I think that to avoid duplication of work, it would be wise for Sun to relicense OpenSolaris under the GPL. What? You don't think Sun would do that? Well, then why would you expect Debian to do something similiar? This whole thing has nothing do with Debian being "serious" about supporting non-glibc ports. Debian's goal is to produce a free operating system and make high-quality free software available for that operating system. Any discussion of whether we will generally support non-glibc environments is at best tangential. The only question at issue right now is whether you -- specifically! -- can use Debian's code in your particular non-glibc environment, Nexenta OS. Please don't mix issues like this! It only adds to the confusion -- or worse, creates the perception that you do not understand this distinction. It really seems like you jumped into this "base our system on Debian" thing without really understanding what Debian is about. Consider what you're asking for. You're asking Debian to make changes to the license of some of its core infrastructure in order to solve problems your project has created *for itself* by choosing to work with CDDL-licensed code. Besides that, you haven't even given us very many good reasons why we should care about your problems. You insist on making it sound like somehow by not conforming to your needs, we're missing a great opportunity. I've got news for you: the great opportunity here was that *you* were able to base *your* software on Debian. And that only happened because Debian protected your rights to that software through the DFSG. Think about it. KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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