Hans, IIRC, most of *solaris-derived work is under CDDL, not GPL
Michael On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 15:37, Hans J. Albertsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Having just been to a Richard M Stallman lecture, I think I'd like to know > the following: > > How "Free" in the FSF sense is Illumos/OpenIndiana? > > Is everything under strict Gnu GPL? > > I e does everything satisfy the four freedoms including inheriting the GPL > to derivative works, as defined by FSF? > > > On 2011-11-10 15:16, Dan McDonald wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 04:04:55PM +0200, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:54:32 -0500, Dan McDonald wrote: >>>> >>>> OS/Net --> OS and Networking. Kernel, system libraries, and >>>> system >>>> commands. >>>> >>>> Is what comprises "Illumos". To be fair, "Illumos" also contains >>>> OS/Net man >>>> pages now too (where it didn't inside Sun). >>> >>> Ok, so basically 'the core operatingsystem'? >> >> Yes, that sounds about right. >> >>>> As of this moment, there are two installable entities (Linux folks >>>> might call >>>> them distros) of Illumos: >>> >>> So they are Illumos ('the core') plus the rest of the userland then >>> (in different >>> flavors/usage targets).. ? >> >> Yes... Illumos + other-bits. OpenIndiana, for example, brings in GNOME >> and >> has all sorts of other things available via IPS. >> >>>> Is this enough to clear some of the confusion? Or am I adding to >>>> it. And if >>>> I got anything wrong here, please chime in. >>> >>> If my tripplecheck above is correct, then it's crystal clear. If not, >>> then >>> yes, you added to it :D >> >> You pretty much have the gist of it. Glad to help. >> >> Dan >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> illumos-discuss >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175849-30a7937d >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175681-9f7ae099 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Michael Schuster http://recursiveramblings.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
