Ian Collins writes: > OpenSolaris != SXCE. > > Sun are free to distribute their OpenSolaris distributions anyway they > see fit. Whether they shoot them selves in the foot is their business!
I'm not going to try to defend the SDC -- this is neither the right list to discuss it nor do I have any connection at all with the people who run that site -- but there's a complication here that I think the folks posting (and vociferously at that) on the thread need to realize. The existing Solaris Express distribution is not redistributable. It includes licensed software from other entities, in the form of the old CDE environment and Xsun server, among other things. As a result, it just _can't_ be as simple as "wget ftp://sun.com/sxce.iso";. I think it'd be great if we could do that, but you may as well yell at the IPR holders rather than those who are legally compelled to follow the rules. That's why it has that click-through license agreement, and why you can't just wget it. The problem isn't just a technical bit of stupidity that can be fixed by application of clue. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 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
