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). 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
