Ian Murdock a écrit : > No, I'm explaining my position, since I was criticized earlier for not > doing that. I'm not at all opposed to multiple distributions as long as > they're compatible with each other. And even if they're not, that's fine > too, as long as they're not called OpenSolaris (which implies > compatibility--to earlier points, lineage from a common source > base doesn't mean much). In fact, I view multiple distributions > in the mold of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xbuntu etc. as quite useful--it > allows the main distro to stay focused rather than trying to be all > things to all people. Bottom line, to promote compatibility, > "OpenSolaris" has to mean something more than just "a pile of code".
Thanks, I understand that, while still disagreeing on the principle. It basically means that the promise of a program to allow the distros to show off that lineage will ge scraped. Or that it will include a compatibility criterion that will be unreachable for non-Sun distros (and that reminds me of Java). "We are creating a program to let people communicate that a derived work includes OpenSolaris technology. In the future, once we roll out this program, you will be able to use buttons and workmarks to flag the association between your derived work and the OpenSolaris technology. For example, if "Based on OpenSolaris" is the tagline that we choose, you could call your product "Kamal's Operating System - Based on OpenSolaris". Not yet, though." http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/trademark_faq/#use-opensolaris I'm sorry, but I remember the difficulty it was to create OpenSolaris in the first place, the discussions of the pros & cons. I feel that this is is a reversal of a direction that's just finished being established, after 3 years. Laurent -- / Leader de Projet & Communauté | I'm working, but not speaking for \ G11N http://fr.opensolaris.org | Bull Services http://www.bull.com / FOSUG http://guses.org | _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
