-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Debian's main issue is that parts of Sun's libc are not open (mostly libc_i18n; they require all bits to be open). Having seen the issues kFreeBSD has had with using glibc with their kernel, I'm not sure if its work having a ksolaris port since configure will no longer identify the platform as Solaris, so most autotools scripts will break. Michael
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjTqNQACgkQpblTBJ2i2pteBACdET5A0ycn3U+G3S2R+8mCN6vq 0oAAniom7MRTL3P4TR8H1PotiT+R+qSi =8cf5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, such port makes sense and solves some of the issues (mostly GNU >> libc portability) but unfortunately creates new issues, which I'm sure, >> could be worked out and soon we should have more or less working first >> ISO available with support for this new exciting architecture! > > What do you expect from this "port"? > > In glibc, features expected on Solaris are missing. I would expect that this > port would rather create portabilitly problems than solving any issue. > > >> > makes sense to use glibc. This would also solve the legal problem that >> > Debian had with linking Sun's libc with dpkg [1]. glibc is licensed >> > under LGPL with a linking exception, so linking CDDL code against the >> > glibc is also legal. In keeping with past glibc ports (e.g. kFreeBSD, > > Debian is a license troll. > > There are two ways to deal with this kind of trolling: > > 1) Ignore it comppletely > > 2) find evidence that the claims from Debian are nonsense. > > Taking actions on the Debian trolling is definitely the wrong way. > > BTW: Sun lawyers knows that there is no problem with linking GPLd applications > against CDDL libraries. The GPL does not forbid it (in fact the GPL does not > say anything about it as this is something that happens "outside" the GPL > "work"). > > Sun would not ship GNOME and /usr/gnu/* if Sun would not be _very_ certain > that > Debian is trolling. Sun is happily waiting for being sued by a copyright > holder > of a GPLd program shipped with OpenSolaris. _this_ is one way of implementing > (2) above. > > Jörg > > -- > EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ > URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily > _______________________________________________ > gnusol-devel mailing list > gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net > http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel > _______________________________________________ gnusol-devel mailing list gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel
