On 14/09/2007, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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!
I have added some of my questions along with a general direction as a topic suggestion for the summit here: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_Summit Look under "Distribution Creation" 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
