On Jan 28, 2008 11:37 PM, Ché Kristo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That reads to me like the change of Sun Studio ever being a totally libre > product is slim to none, not by any fault of Sun of course... > > As long as we don't *depend* on Sun Studio as a community I see no problem > with this.
Let's not make that assumption. It may take time, but I suspect that like Solaris, Sun will eventually open it. (Even if it takes rewriting or renegotiating certain pieces). > > On Jan 21, 2008 10:45 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. > > > > > > > This is the first statement I've seen from a Sun > > representative that > > clearly outlines the challenges faced in > > redistributing Sun Studio. > > > > Thanks for responding, > > -- > > Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst > > http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ > > > > "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is > > even more so." - > > Robert Orben > > _______________________________________________ > > indiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-d > > iscuss > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
