Artem Kachitchkine writes: > > > I don't think that's an Open Solaris question at all. You can run any > > software you want, so long as you follow the terms of the license > > granted to you for it. > > Or to paraphrase: go read GPL, silly; if you don't understand what it says, > don't write code for Solaris. It seems like a reasonable response, but from > my > personal experience it often doesn't work ??? well, when a community member > looks up to you. It's a "But it sucks -- Well, world is a sucky place" kind > of > dialogue.
No, that's not an accurate paraphrase at all. As an individual out in the world (not an Open Solaris developer), you have to make your own way. That means entering into contracts and observing restrictions that derive from those acts. And you have to do it on your own or, if you can't, obtain competent help to do so. That has nothing to do with whether or not you contribute to Open Solaris. And I don't see how anyone here can or should help you do that. Apart from my life here at Sun, and on my own machines, I have no problem at all running both GPL'd and CDDL'd software and depending on the resulting system for my own benefit. I know what the licenses mean for me, and I follow the terms. Other users will have to do the same. It's really that simple. What I *think* you're trying to say is that someone who has a GPL'd driver in his hands could in theory port it to Open Solaris and then publish the result on his own (not back through Sun). And another person who wanted it could download and use it. And that all of this forms another distribution mechanism. Sure; so long as everyone involved understands and is following the licensing terms of the software they used, I doubt there's a problem. But it's also none of your or my business if that happens. I don't see how you, me, or Sun could ever "bless" such an arrangement of third parties. It makes no sense to me. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
