> >> >>For my project it's been requested that I provide a list of all GPL >>software that links with CDDL code. To the best of my knowledge the >>only circumstance where this exists is with libc. I'm not a lawyer, but >>it's clear that Sun's legal department has determined GPL code + CDDL >>libc to not be a derivative work or at least not a risk. Maybe I'm >>mistaken because it's technically being distributed under the >>OpenSolaris binary license? Can or has someone made an official >>statement on this? If not please do so. I'm hoping that SFLC will >>resolve the matter with a real answer, but having a 2nd opinion from >>another lawyer may help a lot. I'm trying to avoid this boiling down to >>copyright holder risk assessments. > > >If you read the GPL license, you'll find this: > > However, as a > special exception, the source code distributed need not include > anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary > form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the > operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component > itself accompanies the executable. > > >See here that it actually doesn't matter whether the library is >distributed in source or binary.
(Oh, IANAL, so this is not legal advice; if you want legal advice you will need to ask a lawyer and pay him/her) Casper
