On 01/08/07, 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, 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/
That is a list of what's encumbered, not what isn't redistributable. The SPARC disassembler, as an example, is redistributable under the OBL (opensolaris binary license), but has no source, and is therefore encumbered. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
