Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 08:19:05PM -1000, Joseph Kowalski wrote: > > >> Last I heard from legal was that GPL couldn't be in any library on >> Solaris. Hopefully they are working on a better answer, but I haven't >> seen one yet (if you have, please let me know). The directory is >> irrelevant (as far a I know). >> > > For better or worse, this doesn't apply to OpenSolaris unless we (the > OpenSolaris engineering community) want it to. Sun's paranoia, > justified or not, does not by itself dictate our actions. > Hum,... I guess this correct, or at lease it will be correct when the reference repositories appear in OpenSolaris.
Higher level question: "Should OpenSolaris be GPL free?". Would "GPL free" be a feature (as in competitive advantage) or a bug (not competitive advantage). I ask this in the "OpenSolaris Community" forum and not Sun. Perhaps its better to not be a clone of Linus in this regard. - food for thought.... - jek3
