On 14/09/2007, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I think I'll add it to the developer summit topic list too :) As soon as I think of the proper way to word one or two that I can think of off-hand though, I'll respond. Thanks! -- 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
