On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:44:46 -0500, you wrote: >> The problem apparently is that the files for the build system are >> licenced under the CDDL, which apparently is a problem for the GPL >> components of cdrtools. > >Sorry, but that is an interpretation of the requirements of the GPL >that not all individuals share.
Fair enough. I only thought is wise to bring to the JDS community's attention that a package they were considering using was: a) no longer used by the Linux community so the JDS folks would likely end up having to maintain anything created on their own as it would have no usefullness outside of the JDS/Solaris community. b) shunned by the Linux community for alleged licence issues, which could make getting changes made to existing Gnome programs problematic. I am sorry if my concerns offended you. >Quite frankly, please drop this thread now. As you demand you shall get. I will be gone after this, you have made it clear I am not welcome here. >Having a license war on this list is a great way to lose a lot of list >subscribers. Congratulations, you achieved your goal. Your rudeness had not only cost this list a subscriber, but I will leave Solaris entirely. While I think Solaris is an amazing system, and I don't think that the 6 months I have spent learning about it and starting to create spec files to return to the community was a waste, it is obvious from these mailing lists that the Solaris community is not a friendly place for newcomers. >Please take your discussion regarding the license off list or to somewhere >else. Sorry, silly me. I thought this was opensolaris, not closed-and-secret-solaris. I guess I was wrong. All the more reason to leave.
