Hi Rodger, Sorry about the belated response:
Open HA Cluster is a dual licensed product. Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is available at pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/ha-cluster under Sun's Software License Agreement and Open HA Cluster source code is available at opensolaris.org under CDDL. Hope this helps. Regards, Jatin Rodger Etz-Brown wrote: > Hi Jatin, > > I guess you are getting where I am pointing to: This seems to be a > violation of the CDDL: > > 3.1 last sentence > 3.5 whole paragr. > > What's your or anybody elses oppinion on this? > Or may be that is a question to be asked somehwere else? > > Thanks and regards, > Rodger > > P.S.: Please do not get aggrivated about this thread. One has to see > it as Sun's stony path from a proprietary S/W vendor (besides other > roels) to a true Open Source shop. > > On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 08:29:49AM -0700, Jatin Jhala wrote: > >> No, they should be the same. :) >> >> Thanks and regards. >> >> Jatin >> >> >> Rodger Etz-Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Jatin, >>> >>> thanks for answering my question again. >>> >>> One last simple question: >>> Are the binaries that Sun provides any different to what comes out of >>> compiling the Colorado sources following these instructions? >>> http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_OHAC >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> Rodger >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:52:40AM -0700, Jatin Jhala wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Rodger, >>>> >>>> I stand corrected: Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is not a source, but a >>>> binary release from Sun. >>>> >>>> The source for the HA Cluster remains open at opensolaris.org and >>>> binaries built from it >>>> remain redistributable under the license(s) found at opensolaris.org. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Jatin >>>> >>>> >>>> Rodger Etz-Brown wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Jatin, >>>>> >>>>> if the binaries cannot be freely redistributed you can not talk about >>>>> Open Source. You can find a good definition here: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd >>>>> >>>>> As I am not familiar with the details of bulding OHAC, I am wondering >>>>> if some build dependencies and their licenses prevent redistribution >>>>> of binaries. >>>>> >>>>> Is that the case? If yes, which dependencies are they? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and regards, >>>>> Rodger >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:04:25AM -0700, Jatin Jhala wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Rodger, >>>>>> >>>>>> This release is open source, the binaries can be downloaded and >>>>>> deployed, but the binaries are >>>>>> not freely redistributable. The registration step was also part >>>>>> of the earlier binary distributions >>>>>> of Solaris Cluster Express which aligned with Solaris Express. >>>>>> The specific terms are included >>>>>> in the license that you will see when you register and download. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Open HA Cluster 2009.06 aligns with OpenSolaris 2009.06. The >>>>>> Open HA Cluster 2009.06 >>>>>> distribution will work only with OpenSolaris 2009.06 and any >>>>>> subsequent SRUs. A lot of >>>>>> effort was put into making sure that there is high level of >>>>>> integration with OpenSolaris 2009.06, >>>>>> so I would like to congratulate everyone who helped make this >>>>>> release successful and in time >>>>>> to coincide with OpenSolaris 2009.06 release. >>>>>> >>>>>> Download it today and try it out for yourself! >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks and regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Jatin Jhala >>>>>> HA Clusters Community Manager >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Rodger Etz-Brown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sorry to bother you again, but I am wondering why I have to register >>>>>>> in order to download Open Source software binaries. Especially when >>>>>>> the sources can be obtained without. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Or is this release not 100% Open Source and therefore cannot be >>>>>>> redistributed by third parties? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks and regards, >>>>>>> Rodger >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:44:18AM -0600, Nicholas Solter wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of High Availability >>>>>>>> Cluster software for OpenSolaris 2009.06! If you've been >>>>>>>> following along, this release is the fruit of project >>>>>>>> Colorado. Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is based on Solaris >>>>>>>> Cluster 3.2, including many of the features from the most >>>>>>>> recent update. Additionally, Open HA Cluster 2009.06 contains >>>>>>>> the following new features: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * The ability to use Crossbow VNICs as endpoints for the >>>>>>>> cluster private interconnects. You can even send the >>>>>>>> cluster traffic over the public network and secure it with >>>>>>>> IPsec. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * Support for exporting locally attached storage as iSCSI >>>>>>>> targets with COMSTAR iSCSI. You can obtain redundant ?shared >>>>>>>> storage? without true shared storage by creating a mirrored >>>>>>>> zpool out of iSCSI-accessible local disks on two different >>>>>>>> nodes of the cluster. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Taken together, these features contribute to ?hardware >>>>>>>> minimization,? allowing you to form a cluster with fewer >>>>>>>> physical hardware requirements. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This release runs on both SPARC and x86/x64 systems and >>>>>>>> includes the following agents: Apache Webserver, Apache >>>>>>>> Tomcat, MySQL, GlassFish, NFS, DHCP, NFS, Kerberos, Samba, >>>>>>>> and Solaris Containers (for ipkg Zones). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is distributed as IPS packages from >>>>>>>> the https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/ha-cluster repository. >>>>>>>> In order to obtain access, accept the license agreement at >>>>>>>> https://pkg.sun.com to obtain a certificate and key. Follow >>>>>>>> the instructions given at registration to configure your >>>>>>>> system's access to the ha-cluster publisher. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To install the complete cluster, including agents, install >>>>>>>> the ?ha-cluster-full? package. To install a minimal >>>>>>>> cluster, without agents and other optional components, >>>>>>>> install the ?ha-cluster-minimal? package instead. You can >>>>>>>> then install the individual agents and other optional >>>>>>>> components. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is free to use, with production level >>>>>>>> support offerings available for two-node clusters. This >>>>>>>> release runs on OpenSolaris 2009.06 only. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For more information, see: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ha-clusters/ohac/Documentation/OHACdocs/ >>>>>>>> http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/availability/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you don't have physical hardware available to create a >>>>>>>> cluster, check out the following paper on running in with >>>>>>>> VirtualBox: >>>>>>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/colorado/files/Whitepaper-OpenHAClusterOnOpenSolaris-external.pdf >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please direct your questions and comments to >>>>>>>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The Colorado Team >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> ha-clusters-discuss mailing list >>>>>>>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> ha-clusters-discuss mailing list >>>>>>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>>>
