Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-09-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 09:59:51PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: On 8/19/05, Simon Phipps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: If opensolaris ever went GPL, I'd be gone in an instant, and I suspect others would as well. Because at that point, it would become useless

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what would that mean? Richard has said that compatible means derivative works can be licensed under one of the two original licenses. But the GPL says that code combined to produce a binary has to be licensed under the GPL. Therefore, GPL

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-22 Thread Dragan Cvetkovic
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Joerg Schilling wrote: Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why then do you ask for making the CDDL GPL compatible and not making the GPL CDDL compatible? As far as I remember, I have not asked for such a thing. I think you have misunderstood me. If you have a

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
Dragan Cvetkovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Joerg Schilling wrote: Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why then do you ask for making the CDDL GPL compatible and not making the GPL CDDL compatible? As far as I remember, I have not asked for such a thing. I

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why then do you ask for making the CDDL GPL compatible and not making the GPL CDDL compatible? As far as I remember, I have not asked for such a thing. I think you have misunderstood me. If you have a different intention, please describe it.

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-22 Thread Rich Teer
On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Shawn Walker wrote: Okay, since there seems to be a language barrier. I do not recall ever having asked to make the CDDL GPL compatible. In fact, from my viewpoint I've argued against it, because I think the GPL is the problem, not the CDDL. FWIW, that's how I've

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread Simon Phipps
Shawn Walker wrote: If opensolaris ever went GPL, I'd be gone in an instant, and I suspect others would as well. Because at that point, it would become useless Nobody was suggesting that Open Solaris go GPL, merely that the license be modified to be GPL compatible. But what would that

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: GPL CDDL - incompatibitile., what does thismean? (round 3)

2005-08-19 Thread Shawn Walker
On 8/19/05, Simon Phipps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: If opensolaris ever went GPL, I'd be gone in an instant, and I suspect others would as well. Because at that point, it would become useless Nobody was suggesting that Open Solaris go GPL, merely that the