* Prashant Srinivasan (Prashant.Srinivasan at Sun.COM) wrote: > Hi, > What types of packages should one expect to see in the > "redistributable" cluster? > > I see that it contains FOSS programs(which are, by definition > redistributable). The Sun Studio compilers are redistributable, but > they are not FOSS. They aren't a part of this cluster. > > So is it safe to say that the 'redistributable' cluster contains only > FOSS packages - i.e., that it is the cluster that contains all the > programs in the Nevada SFWNV consolidation? . . . or what's the right > scope for 'redistributable'?
No, the redistributable metapkg contains packages that contain code that others besides Sun are allowed to redistribute. An example of something that isn't redistributable would be the Live Upgrade technology in S10 and SXCE. Thus it isn't included in OpenSolaris. -- Glenn
