Re: [discuss] Is there a convenient way to work with illumos?

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:43:07 -0700 


> On 2. Nov 2023, at 18:13, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 11/2/23 01:33, [email protected] wrote:
>> Thanks Till,
>> 
>> I'm also a big fan of the MPLv2 - we use it for our open source 
>> repositories. I hadn't realized (or had forgotten) that hate CDDL was 
>> derived from the original MPL or that v2 was based on the CDDL! Regarding 
>> GPL, that is understandable, though I always has the impression it was 
>> linking with (not distributing with) GPL software that caused issue.
> 
> There is a lot more nuance in licensing than Till described. I should
> point out that there is GPLv2 and LGPLv2 code in illumos-gate. For
> example, grub, libdwarf, etc. Several things are dual licensed (though
> with us opting to use the non-GPL license for most of those). For most
> new code to illumos, it is expected to be licensed under the CDDL
> preferably or otherwise under a CDDL-compatible license, though the
> specifics matter greatly (e.g. a BSD 2 clause is different from other
> stuff).
> 
> Robert


Also, I would like to point out that even if it is very nice to get new 
apps/technologies (like rust:) added/integrated, we do have whole lot of 
userland (and non-userland) which is desperately needing care and helping hands.

rgds,
toomas
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