License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-25 Thread Juhapekka Tolvanen
Is this really free software license? CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License) http://www.opensolaris.org/ http://www.opensolaris.org/license/cddl_license.txt http://www.opensolaris.org/license/cddl_license.html P.S: I do not subscribe to this mailing list, so please Cc: to me. --

Re: License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-25 Thread MJ Ray
When you contacted debian-legal about this licence last month, the general opinion seemed to be that each case needed checking. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/12/msg2.html I think it is unhelpful of you: * not to remind us that you asked about this licence before, * not to find out

Re: License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-26 Thread Juhapekka Tolvanen
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When you contacted debian-legal about this licence last month, the > general opinion seemed to be that each case needed checking. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/12/msg2.html > * not to find out what changed between draft and final versions,

Re: License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-26 Thread Stuart Yeates
Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote: > I just want to know, if installing, running and using software under such license is ethically right thing to do. And I think I am not the only one pondering such ethical question: For example many of you may have accounts to Sun Solaris systems and sooner or later they

Re: License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-26 Thread MJ Ray
Thanks for the wdiff files. None of the parts commented on previously seem to have changed much, so I agree that each piece of software under this licence should be checked. Key things to look at are the extent of the "descriptive text" claimed for section 3.3 and what venue terms are given in the

Re: License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-26 Thread Juhapekka Tolvanen
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I am not going to package any software under that license. I just >> want to know, if installing, running and using software under such >> license is ethically right thing to do. > If it's not about debian, it's probably off-topic for debian-legal. > I'll s

Re: License of Open Solaris CDDL

2005-01-26 Thread MJ Ray
Juhapekka Tolvanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It may sound off-topic first, but think about these future scenarios: They are actually that: future. By the time they occur, we'll probably have had CDDL 1.2, 1.2.5, 1.2.5.1, 6, 7, 8 and 10 ;-) Anyone can ask again when it's relevant. -- To UNSU