Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Bonnie Corwin
Dennis Clarke wrote: I talked to the PM from the Sun Download Center today and they understand that the lack of wget access is a major issue. Thanks for looking into this. It is, at least for me, a total show stopper and ever since the migration to the new SDLC I have not bothered to update

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
Dennis Clarke wrote: I talked to the PM from the Sun Download Center today and they understand that the lack of wget access is a major issue. Thanks for looking into this. It is, at least for me, a total show stopper and ever since the migration to the new SDLC I have not bothered to

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Shawn Walker
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since we are talking about the Solaris Express Community Edition here why not just stick the ISO onto OpenSolaris.org somewhere ? Because the community edition still has components that are under legal agreements that

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Shawn Walker
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then that license needs to be fixed or we need to figure out if OpenSolaris is inside Sun or not. It can't be fixed as it is right now. The legal requirements are dictated by third parties. Why do you think Sun is

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since we are talking about the Solaris Express Community Edition here why not just stick the ISO onto OpenSolaris.org somewhere ? Because the community edition still has components that are under legal agreements

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then that license needs to be fixed or we need to figure out if OpenSolaris is inside Sun or not. It can't be fixed as it is right now. The legal requirements are dictated by third parties. Why do you think Sun is

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Dennis Clarke wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Dennis Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then that license needs to be fixed or we need to figure out if OpenSolaris is inside Sun or not. It can't be fixed as it is right now. The legal requirements are dictated by third parties. Why

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
However, if I were at RealNetworks and I was told that 7000 people downloaded and are running the RealPlayer last month, without logging in somewhere first, then I'd be pretty happy with that. Unless you knew that was going to get you in legal hot water with the companies you licensed all

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Bonnie Corwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Clarke wrote: I talked to the PM from the Sun Download Center today and they understand that the lack of wget access is a major issue. Thanks for looking into this. It is, at least for me, a total show

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread James Carlson
Dennis Clarke writes: The problem here is that insanity is running the show. Sort of like the RIAA going after some little lady and her three kids for downloading a song. Gee, yeah, that will fix the problem. What exactly will it take to make it clear that the legal rules here are *NOT* of

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
Dennis Clarke writes: The problem here is that insanity is running the show. Sort of like the RIAA going after some little lady and her three kids for downloading a song. Gee, yeah, that will fix the problem. What exactly will it take to make it clear that the legal rules here are *NOT*

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
This is not an option. The Solaris Express releases (both Developer and Community) are available under a license that does not allow re-distribution. Therefore, we can not post on opensolaris.org. Permission [or lack of thereof] to redistribute materials and posting via opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread James Carlson
Dennis Clarke writes: What exactly will it take to make it clear that the legal rules here are *NOT* of Sun's making? Place a notice on the homepage of OpenSolaris.org that tells the new user what the situation is. That seems like a reasonable request to me. There's already one on the

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-13 Thread Dennis Clarke
Dennis Clarke writes: What exactly will it take to make it clear that the legal rules here are *NOT* of Sun's making? Place a notice on the homepage of OpenSolaris.org that tells the new user what the situation is. That seems like a reasonable request to me. There's already one on the

[osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-12 Thread Derek Cicero
I talked to the PM from the Sun Download Center today and they understand that the lack of wget access is a major issue. It appears as though it was never actually a feature in the old system, which is why it was not part of the new system. They have added it to their list of fixes as a high

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-12 Thread Dennis Clarke
I talked to the PM from the Sun Download Center today and they understand that the lack of wget access is a major issue. Thanks for looking into this. It is, at least for me, a total show stopper and ever since the migration to the new SDLC I have not bothered to update any test systems in

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Download Center and wget

2008-03-12 Thread andrew
They have added it to their list of fixes as a high priority, but since they are still in the process of migrating all the products from the old system to the new one, they do not have an ETA as to when it might get intgerated. Thanks for the update - good to know those in charge of the