On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:52:42 +0100, Arnt wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:59:34 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Erik Hofman wrote: > > > > > I believe (with a big questionmark) that boost works fine with > > > MIPSpro nowadays, but I wouldn't argue against it if it didn't. > > > > Well, for approx. two years now (rough guess) FlightGear reportedly > > - from different places - requires some GCC-isms to compile on Unix- > > Systems anyway. So it's not a question about wether the > > _dependencies_ are "portable" (TM) - OSG for example compiles and > > works nicely on Solaris, even on IRIX using their 'native' > > compilers and I've also been successful in compiling 'boost' on > > Solaris. Instead, some places in FlightGear itself (at least Nasal > > and JSBSim, as far as I remember) are the factors that limit > > portability. > > > > I'm getting asked regularly about the state of support for > > FlightGear on OpenSolaris. So, if there's someone looking for a > > headache, this might be a good place to start ;-)) > > .."headache", you're viciously wicked! ;o) Last time I heard > about OpenSolaris, was on http://groklaw.net/ where the issues > were the legal nature of their licensing, not technological, > Sun's CDDL is not compatible with the GPL by design, under > Sun's own corporate legal policy. Further background: > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050126023359386 > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050205022937327 > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041218044030728 > http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=site%3Agroklaw.net+GPL+CDDL&btnG=Search > > ..bottom line is "do not mix GPL code with CDDL code." Can be > extended to "find some OpenSolaris guy to do the CDDL coding", > as that will allow "licensing apartheid", to prevent litigation, > you want firm borders around your work. Recent developments: > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080729154916498 > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080502163143920 > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071029143159212 > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=OpenSolaris+license+site%3Agroklaw.net&btnG=Search > http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=OpenSolaris+license&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 ..the earful || zinger: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050121014650517 -- ..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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
