On Aug 19, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Robert W. Fuller wrote:
Alright, I wonder about this myself as well. I read through all
the threads
discussing this issue at http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?
forumID=13.
I feel compelled to make a few comments and suggestions:
1. Instead of rampantly speculating about what the FSF website
means when it
says the CDDL and GPL are incompatible, has anybody tried asking
the FSF?
2. Many of us consider GPL/CDDL compatibility a prerequisite for
the Open
Solaris project to flourish. Consider the wonderful cross-
pollination between
OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, and the vast repertoire of the
FSF. The
compatibility between the BSD and GPL licenses permits and
encourages this.
Alan Cox and others simultaneously contribute code to projects
under both
licenses without worrying about the consequences.
There is one Alan Cox that developes stuff for Linux,
and another Alan Cox that developes for BSD.
Two different persons.
3. The hostility toward the GPL in the threads here made me
seriously consider
whether I want to continue any involvement in the Open Solaris
project.
Already, the Nevada builds leverage a not insubstantial amount of
GPL'd and FSF
software.
Sun should be nurturing a cooperative and mutually beneficial
relationship with
the FSF. If they have not been doing this from the beginning, Sun
should be
extending an olive branch.
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