casper....@sun.com wrote:
Please quote correctly!
> >Uros Nedic <ur...@live.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm wondering if it possible that Solaris Development could be op=
> >ened at least on a binary
> >> level so we could update on a bi-weekly basis our builds as we did =
> >with OpenSolaris?
> >
> >If Oracle did this, Oracle would be in conflict with the CDDL.
>
> No.
You do not seem to be fully informed.
> >If they publish binaries, they need to publish sources as well.
>
> No, they don't need to publish the sources; they *own* the copyright on
> the source and they can do what they want. The CDDL license is a license
> for those who do not own the copyright. Nexenta, Schillix, etc, they are
> required to publish the files they use under CDDL. But Sun wasn't and
> neither is Oracle. (Even if the Solaris source was distributed under FSF,
> there was still no need for Sun/Oracle to publish the source when cutting
> a binary release).
Oracle does not own the complete Copyright on the code, so they need to follow
the CDDL.
Jörg
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