> I forgot to say: bash was released under the GNU General Public > License and core parts of Solaris MUST NOT depend on GPL. The GNU > readline library was banned from Solaris for this reason and expect > that bash remains bundled as 3rd party component but not as a core > application
Well, given that GRUB is licensed under the GPL and is currently used to boot OpenSolaris on the x86 platform, I would say this ship has already sailed. Yes, certain parts of OpenSolaris may not be linked with GPL components but there is no reason I'm aware of what Bash cannot be considered part of the "core" piece of OpenSolaris (alternatively since they're both shells, if Bash isn't part of the core then I don't see how ksh93 would be considered part of the core either). Also, I'm not sure where you heard that readline was banned from Solaris. There was a discussion on a number of lists and there is still on-going discussion on how to proceed. It's possible that it might end up in OpenSolaris or perhaps some other variant might. dsc _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
