Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Ché Kristo
@rpasken I'll second that This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
GNU Watch wrote: > I have heard nothing but broken promises from Ian Murdock and other big whigs > at sun saying that opensolaris will be released under the GPLv3. Many > developers dont want to invest time to opensolaris until it is under the > GPLv3 because the CDDL doesnt protect users and de

Re: [osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread Ian Collins
Dr. Robert Pasken wrote: > Why is releasing Solaris under GPL a good thing? I see only bad happening. > > Search the archive of this list, there's enough been said on this already! Ian ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensol

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Dr. Robert Pasken
Please don't feed the trolls This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread Dr. Robert Pasken
Why is releasing Solaris under GPL a good thing? I see only bad happening. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Ian Collins
GNU Watch wrote: > thats great advice shawn I send sun an email, sun need to promote you for > your great feedback. > What is? Please keep the context you are replying to. Ian ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.or

Re: [osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
ian you know how This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
ian you know This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
thats great advice shawn I send sun an email, sun need to promote you for your great feedback. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Shawn Walker
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 9:43 PM, GNU Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey Shawn this "promise" was made over a year ago by Jonathan Schwartz and > Rich Green. The statement soon retracted by them which I understand bro but > they clearly said they are strongly considering it and there has been

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Shawn Walker
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:41 PM, GNU Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey ian take it easy no one wants to start a licence war with you. I am just > trying to get feedback from the opensolaris community. > The general consensus among the community has been that we don't want that license. We

Re: [osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
hey ian this post is not the first time its been up if you understand what i am saying. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
hey ian take it easy no one wants to start a licence war with you. I am just trying to get feedback from the opensolaris community. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Ian Collins
GNU Watch wrote: > I have heard nothing but broken promises from Ian Murdock and other big whigs > at sun saying that opensolaris will be released under the GPLv3. Please don't try and start another license war. If there ever was a promise, kindly quote it and not some second hand reference to

Re: [osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread Ian Collins
This is a mail list, how can it (what ever it may be) delete a thread? Ian ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] please stop deleting this thread

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
gnuwatch Posts: 2 From: Registered: 5/10/08 Readwill opensolaris ever be released under the GPL? Posted: May 11, 2008 2:10 AM To: OpenSolaris » discuss Click to reply to this thread Reply I have heard nothing but broken promises from Ian Murdock and other b

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
hey Shawn this "promise" was made over a year ago by Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green. The statement soon retracted by them which I understand bro but they clearly said they are strongly considering it and there has been no progress in that direction. Hey I appreciate your reply and dont mean

Re: [osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread Shawn Walker
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 9:10 PM, GNU Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have heard nothing but broken promises from Ian Murdock and other big whigs > at sun saying that opensolaris will be released under the GPLv3. Many > developers dont want to invest time to opensolaris until it is under the

[osol-discuss] will opensolaris ever be released under the GPL?

2008-05-10 Thread GNU Watch
I have heard nothing but broken promises from Ian Murdock and other big whigs at sun saying that opensolaris will be released under the GPLv3. Many developers dont want to invest time to opensolaris until it is under the GPLv3 because the CDDL doesnt protect users and developers freedoms as well

Re: [osol-discuss] Intel SpeedStep support

2008-05-10 Thread John Brewer
Submit a request to fix the bug back to the Motherboard manufacture, in my case I had asked for AMD virtualization support in the BIOS and they came out with a fix for the gigabyte MB I was using at the time, I was very pleased. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCE versus 2008.05 etc

2008-05-10 Thread Shawn Walker
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Guido Berhoerster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> I'm just going to have to disagree in general. >> >> Maintaining software is expensive, especially lots of software. >> >> Your belief seems to be that Sun should support the cost of the >> dis

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCE versus 2008.05 etc

2008-05-10 Thread Guido Berhoerster
Shawn Walker wrote: > I'm just going to have to disagree in general. > > Maintaining software is expensive, especially lots of software. > > Your belief seems to be that Sun should support the cost of the > distribution by themselves, that if the community doesn't provide it, > Sun has to, and th