The core problem appears to be that Joerg did not get a response at all.
With regard to this comment in an earlier post:
>Maybe, it was the same reason, why I did not get an answer on the
>question why something simple like fnmatch.c from libc is still not
>available as source.
a boilerplate res
[b]As an aside:[/b]
>
> I think that's flawed. There is no way to determine
> what licenses may
> or may not apply to a given bit of source code by
> looking at the
> object file produced.
>
This may be true for Sun for Solaris, and true for other UNIX
vendors generally, but it is not universa
>a boilerplate response could have been made, of the form
>
>" [is |are] entwined with encumbered code, and certain
>agreements are in place that
would be repudiated if Sun were to discuss any instant details in a public
forum"
We're not allowed to name and shame.
So that's all we can say "we
James C. Cotillier writes:
> This may be true for Sun for Solaris, and true for other UNIX
> vendors generally, but it is not universally so.
>
> Another large vendor, in a very large OS, has since 1964 had
> the standard of placing such information in human-readable
> characters at the start of e
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, James Carlson wrote:
> In other words, if you want the answer as to what the specific
> restriction might be, I'm afraid we can't divulge that, and even if we
> could, it likely would do you no amount of good. "Can't" is all we
> can say.
One wonders at the stupidity of compa
Rich Teer writes:
> If the original writer of the code doesn't want their code released,
> that's their right and that's OK, but it would sure be nice if they
> would allow their identity and reasons to be known. After all, what
> have they got to lose? Their code is still kept secret.
Welcome t
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, James Carlson wrote:
> Welcome to the world of contracts.
>
> I'm not saying I'm thrilled with the answer, but just that there isn't
> another one. No matter how urgently or nicely you ask. :-/
Indeed. :-(
> A productive place to take this conversation would be a proposal
Rich Teer wrote:
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, James Carlson wrote:
Welcome to the world of contracts.
I'm not saying I'm thrilled with the answer, but just that there isn't
another one. No matter how urgently or nicely you ask. :-/
Indeed. :-(
A productive place to take this conversation would be a
Rich Teer wrote:
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, James Carlson wrote:
...
not encumbered. I can't ... but perhaps there's someone interested
who can.
Why can't you make such a proposal?* You (and all other Sun engineers)
are just as much of our community as anyone else, so in principle there
should be
