On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:07:47 -0400, Celejar wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:30:09 -0400 > Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:14:34AM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: >> > From time to time I grab a diferent OS to install and try my hands at >> > it. This time was OpenSolaris. The thing is, at some point in the >> > install, OpenSolaris throws a license at my face that doesn't seem >> > open at all. I can run the software, but I can't redistribute, copy, >> > etc. I am no law expert, but that license doesn't seem really open or >> > free. As far as I could tell, at least grub and (a javified version >> > of) gnome are free, and OpenSolaris is using it. Maybe it uses other >> > free software. So, doesn't that license conflicts with the gpl? Its >> > not to flame Sun, I know the company has contributed a lot with the >> > community, and many folks respects them. Just trying to get things >> > clearer. >> > >> > >> From what I remember, OpenSolaris is distributed under the CDDL >> license[0]. The license is actually written by Sun, and according to >> the Wikipedia article "The [FSF] considers it a free license >> incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL)". I guess this >> means that although it is free, it isn't free under GPL standards (What >> other licenses are, anyway? I believe BSD it, but I don't know of any >> others).
..Sun people has gone on record stating this incompatibility is "by design" under a set of specific strategic litigation policies, AFAIUI from the rather extensive coverage at http://groklaw.net/ . >> The controversy section on the Wikipedia page may be the most >> informative to you, considering where you asked this question[1]. >> >> >> [0] >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Common_Development_and_Distribution_License >> [1] >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Common_Development_and_Distribution_License#Controversy > > IIUC, controversy over whether the CDDL is FSF / GPL compatible is at > the heart of the removal of cdrtools from Debian and its replacement > with that forked thing whose name escapes me at the moment. Joerg and ..Jörg starting a new thread with Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reminds me of a picture taken of a C-130 approaching some Bosnian airbase, spraying strawman chaff to evade a missile hit. ;o) > Roberto have battled vigorously over this here on this list (as well as > on other Debian lists, according to Google). ..thank you, Roberto. :o) > > Celejar -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
