On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 26/06/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
>> > On 26/06/07, Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Peter Tribble wrote:
>> >> > By people, what's the target audience at this stage? I think my
>> question
>> >> is
>> >> > really whether the first "release" is aimed at users, or whether there
>> >> should
>> >> > be a 0.0 "release" solely for the purpose of Indiana bootstrapping?
>> >>
>> >> Good question. So that raises the issue of "non-emancipated"
>> >> (non-redistributable) files. That is, should there be a 0.0 or 0.1
>> >> release that includes them in it? (I vote no, FWIW.)
>> >>
>> >> And if not, wouldn't that be the main constraint here?
>> >
>> > Non-emancipated is not the same as non-redistributable. Remember that
>> > there are binary "blobs" that are redistributable. There are several
>> > files right now that can be redistributed but have not been
>> > emancipated that are very important for the basic system. (libm.so
>> > comes to mind... I think).
>>
>> Yes, thanks. I meant non-redistributable.
>
> I don't even know that we have a list of what is non-redistributable.
> I would have to agree that is probably a pretty important point for
> the first release. That way the iso can be downloaded, shared, and
> mirrored everywhere.
I agree, and even more so now in light of the distro constructor project.
>
> I know there is a list of what is "encumbered", but is anyone aware of
> a list of what it isn't redistributable?
>
There's a place where this is tabulated now:
http://opensolaris.org/os/about/no_source/
So for example, if someone used the ON consolidation (click on the ON
tab) as a base for something, the following is a list of what must be
omitted or replaced, as they are non redistributable, closed binaries.
(Question: Does anybody know if the SUNCreq/SUNWCrnet
mini-metaclusters are derived fully from ON or not?)
Eric
audioens driver Ensonig 1371/1373 and Creative Labs 5880 driver support
pcn driver AMD PCnet Ethernet controller device driver
phx driver Kernel driver interfaces
scmi2c driver Smart Transporter chip device driver
spwr driver SMC EtherPower II (EPIC) 10/100 (9432) Ethernet device
driver
ksh88 Korn shell
Smartcard support Smartcard support
SPARC disassembler SPARC disassembler
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