Prashant Srinivasan wrote: > 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. >
The contents of the redistributable package are, roughly speaking, the packages from the old Solaris WOS that are available under redistributable terms. Other packages in pkg.opensolaris.org are redistributable, but have not historically been a bundled part of Solaris. The "redistributable" package is thus to a great extent an anachronism which I expect we'll phase out. Dave
