On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 09:10:56AM -0700, Herman, George wrote: > Sun's policy may be an artifact historic with attempting to protect > Sparc, but the X86/64 community has not been working under similar > restrictions. Sun might want to review this policy.
Maybe, but I don't think this is the right place to bring it up. Project teams are expected to make sound technical decisions about their work. Substandard work is not allowed to integrate; whether the work is substandard because of laziness, incompetence, or some company's legal restrictions on the flow of information makes no difference. We (the OGB) don't enforce NDAs or manage business relationships, nor do we lobby or punish companies that make it artificially difficult for project teams to succeed. Companies that want their interests reflected in the OpenSolaris codebase are responsible for ensuring that their employees have the freedom they need to contribute constructively under the technical rules established within our Constitutional framework. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" FishWorks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!"
