Dennis Clarke wrote:
Two things come to mind right away :
(1) The only "Rich" that has meaning in this OpenSolaris Community is
Rich Teer. Mr Green, as far as I know, has never made an appearance
here. So I don't know which end of the dog is wagging the tail here.
If you follow the link, you'll see I was talking about Rich Green, Sun's
VP of Software. Sorry to confuse.....
Is the OpenSolaris project simply a corporate extension of agenda
from the halls of the executive level? The GPLv3 decision will be
made NOT by this community or the CAB but by Sun Microsystems Inc.
and her officers.
If the GPLv3 decision were to be made exclusively by Sun, I would not be
having this conversation with you now. We would just make it and be
done. But that's not what I'm doing. I'm talking with you first.
Such a move would, in my mind, toss the OpenSolaris Charter and
Governance out the window.
I agree, which is why I want to start this conversation now, here in the
public.
(2) Based on my concerns expressed above would an opinion from the
unwashed masses have any value?
Yes. If they didn't, I wouldn't be talking to you. It's pretty damn
easy, and certainly much faster, for me to just make a decision and then
execute on it. If that's what I wanted to do, that's what I would do.
But that's not OpenSolaris, and not what we, Sun, committed to doing
when we started all of this. We're involving you. That's why I want to
know if you think dual-licensing is a good idea or not.......
--
Stephen Harpster
Director, Open Source Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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