Maybe some of you guys already read it, but I still forwarded in case some of you missed, :-)
Thanks, -Aubrey On Jan 22, 2008 12:45 AM, Kuldip Oberoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We currently do not have all the rights to allow redistribution of Sun Studio. > > With many millions of lines of code developed over the past 2 decades, we > have developed, partnered, and licensed, etc. to provide the best toolchain > as possible for our users. Since transitioning from a paid to free product 2 > years ago, we have balanced priorities of additional features > (Intel/AMD/SPARC optimizations, tools for MT/multicore development, new IDE, > etc.) with those needed by the open source communities (OpenSolaris, OpenJDK, > etc.) > > Our goal is to enable Sun Studio to be used in the OpenSolaris project and > other open source communities. We recognize that identifying and removing > legal encumbrances, allowing a redistributable version of Sun Studio, would > not only further this goal along, but be a major milestone towards Sun's open > source strategy. Project Indiana, with its repositories, provides a great > opportunity for OpenSolaris and we want to participate as fully as possible. > > /kso _______________________________________________ gnusol-devel mailing list gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel
