Re: [osol-discuss] upcoming web event:strategy for Oracle's Sun Servers, Storage and solaris

[Simon Phipps]

On Aug 13, 2010, at 16:39, Paul Gress wrote:

> On 08/13/10 06:35 AM, andrew wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>> I don't expect to ever see binaries for the OpenSolaris distribution again. 
>> The most I think we can expect is a preview of Solaris 11 along the lines of 
>> the old "Solaris Express" programme. I hope I will be proved wrong though.
>> 
>>   
> 
> I agree, and also I expect the source code to remain stagnant as far as new 
> innovations are concerned (similar to dtrace and zfs).  Oracle will develop 
> new technology in a closed source fashion.  They will keep the current source 
> up to date, as the CDDL says they have to contribute back, just nothing new.


As the copyright holder Oracle is not bound by the CDDL and has no compulsion 
to "contribute back".

S.

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