Shawn Walker wrote: > On 14/09/2007, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> On 14/09/2007, Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Shawn Walker wrote: >>>>> A few more questions though: >>>>> >>>>> "What license does it use?" >>>> "All of them!" It's a distro after all, and like BSD & Linux >>>> distros contains bits under GPL, BSD, MIT, Apache, Artistic, >>>> and all the other usual licenses. It's a close call whether >>>> more of the OpenSolaris code is GPLv2 (GNOME, Firefox, GNU >>>> utilities, etc.) or CDDL (most of ON, NWS, etc.) at this point. >>> Before I forget, one big thing that we do need out of Sun's legal >>> department: >>> >>> once there is a distribution constructor, there needs to be a very >>> clear and concise FAQ about the CDDL and how it can be combined with >>> other licenses so that people making their own distributions can be >>> confident they are doing "the right thing". It should be general >>> advice of course with the disclaimer that they seek their own legal >>> counsel, but I think it would be inexcusable to leave people without >>> any guidance. >> IMHO it is a bug to need a FAQ for a license, but I don't think there is >> a legal category in bugs.opensolaris.org :-) >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/ > > The existing FAQ doesn't really address compatibility questions or > questions that will pertain directly to people building and making > their own distribution.
pose the questions and we'll add them to the FAQ. -- richard _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
