Glenn Lagasse wrote: > * Prashant Srinivasan (Prashant.Srinivasan at Sun.COM) wrote: > >> Hi, >> What types of packages should one expect to see in the >> "redistributable" cluster? >> >> I see that it contains FOSS programs(which are, by definition >> redistributable). The Sun Studio compilers are redistributable, but >> they are not FOSS. They aren't a part of this cluster. >> >> So is it safe to say that the 'redistributable' cluster contains only >> FOSS packages - i.e., that it is the cluster that contains all the >> programs in the Nevada SFWNV consolidation? . . . or what's the right >> scope for 'redistributable'? >> > > No, the redistributable metapkg contains packages that contain code that > others besides Sun are allowed to redistribute. >
Glenn, Sun Studio Express is redistributable[1], but it's not in the redistributable metapackage . . . this threw me off track. I may have accidentally picked the one exceptional package here. And that's fine if I have, just want to make sure that it's indeed the case. [1] http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/info/0/sunstudioexpress%400.2008.11%2C5.11-0.86%3A20081104T053507Z thanks -ps > An example of something that isn't redistributable would be the Live > Upgrade technology in S10 and SXCE. Thus it isn't included in > OpenSolaris. > >
