Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nexenta community willing to make appropriate changes to the system and > make it absolutely Debian legal OS. And more I'm looking into it, i'm > sure it is quite easy possible by making main Nexenta OS CD to be > GPL-free. All GPL software will be distributed on Nexenta "Companion" > CD, if user wants to.
No. That is not sufficient. This would simply be a subterfuge. If you distribute the CDs together as a set, then you are still distributing the libraries along with the binaries. > To make it happen, we need to resolve "dpkg" issue and initial boot > strapping process. Which is quite possible to re-write dpkg as CDDL > software. But to avoid duplication of work, it will be wise for Debian > community to release dpkg under LGPL license. Of course, if Debian > community serious about non-glibc ports. If not, I doubt Nexenta OS will > ever be part of Debian community and will continue its way more like > Ubunutu. Think about it. You seem to think this is a disaster scenario. Debian is serious about license compliance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]