On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:26:17 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: > >> The CDDL (used by OpenSolaris) is a license that is accepted as >> doubtlessly free by the OSS community. > > ... but GPL incompatible: > > From http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html > > Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) > > This is a free software license which is not a strong copyleft; it > has some complex restrictions that make it incompatible with the GNU > GPL. It requires that all attribution notices be maintained, while the > GPL only requires certain types of notices. Also, it terminates in > retaliation for certain aggressive uses of patents. So, a module covered > by the GPL and a module covered by the CDDL cannot legally be linked > together. We urge you not to use the CDDL for this reason. ..even Sun agrees here, and that "IP" policy is by design. > Also unfortunate in the CDDL is its use of the term "intellectual > property". ..for those interested in the finer details of these litigation traps, there is _extensive_ discussion over at http://groklaw.net/ . ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]