Sun owns the CDDL code you're talking about. They do not have the obligation to distribute the code even if it changes the CDDL's code they own
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Robert Milkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 4:34:22 PM, you wrote: > > BU> So, Evan Powell thinks that the CDDL says that all modifications must > BU> be contributed back to the original source of covered software. I > BU> would like someone to point to me where it says that. It does say that > BU> modifications of covered software must be made available in source > BU> code format, but I don't see anything about a requirement to resubmit > BU> the mods to the community from whence it came. > > BU> I don't see the problem here. Eric says that most of the changes will > BU> be integrated into the gate. Evan seems to be reasonable about the > BU> time required and only is complaining about the fact that it isn't all > BU> the changes. Okay, given that Fishworks is a specific product, I think > BU> that some of the changes probably involve tuning, streamlining, and > BU> modifications to make the OS a better storage server at the expense of > BU> other features. In short, changes that are good for Fishworks in > BU> particular but would be bad for OpenSolaris in general. You wouldn't > BU> want those changes in OpenSolaris, would you? > > BU> As long as the changes that are good for OpenSolaris are integrated, > BU> and the changes that are not good are made available in source form, > BU> then the Fishworks project has gone beyond the requirements of the > BU> CDDL and done the right thing. Of course, non-covered software has no > BU> such requirement at all. > > That makes sense. > > But I wonder - since Fishworks is being distributed by Sun where is > all the source code available for all the changes to CDDL covered > software? Except for the code which has already been integrated into > ON. > > > > -- > Best regards, > Robert > http://milek.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ gnusol-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users
