On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Joerg Schilling <joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote: > Giovanni Tirloni <gtirl...@sysdroid.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Miles Nordin <car...@ivy.net> wrote: >> > IMHO it's important we don't get stuck running Nexenta in the same >> > spot we're now stuck with OpenSolaris: with a bunch of CDDL-protected >> > source that few people know how to use in practice because the build >> > procedure is magical and secret. This is why GPL demands you release >> > ``all build scripts''! >> >> I don't know if the GPL demands that but I think we've all learned a >> lesson from Oracle/Sun regarding that. > > The missing requirement to provide build scripts is a drawback of the CDDL. > > ...But believe me that the GPL would not help you here, as the GPL cannot > force the original author (in this case Sun/Oracle or whoever) to supply the > scripts in question.
I don't have any doubts that the GPL (or any other license) would not prevent the current situation. It's more of a strategic/business decision. >> I hope that if we want to be able to move OpenSolaris to the next >> level, we can this time avoid falling into the same mouse trap. > > This is a community issue. > > Do we have people that are willing to help? Yep! Just need a little guidance in the beginning :) -- Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
