> Whatever we open source is always subject to the > terms of existing agreements, and > the notices related to those agreements are not > abrogated just because we release > the source to the open community.
Absolutely. (The Germans have an exellent word for this: selbstverst?ndlich. It loosely translates as "of course", but actually implies much more.) > The legal notice that is released will have to stay > with the book, and we'll have to provide guidelines > on how to maintain it. By "the book", I'm assuming you mean the documents Sun would author and release (just like the current BluePrints, etc. etc.)? I agree, you can't just remove existing notices, but I suspect Sun will also have to continue them for any new documentation (by Sun I mean any Sun employee, whether it is part of their official duties/work, or whether they are doing it in their spare time strictly as OpenSolaris contributors--their employer would implicitly follow their name in the eyes of the community). This is why I made the comment that there may have to be two rules (the "division"); one for Sun employees, and one for everyone else. Or, do you mean "with the book" in the sense of an author writing a doc, and then someone else massaging it to meet TSG? Yes, there would also need to be a way to maintain it (and the "massager" would not have the rights to remove it). Either way, there's a bit of clarification needed in this section, I guess. Rainer This message posted from opensolaris.org
