Tracy R Reed wrote:
Correction: It is licensed under the CDDL. Which is apparently
incompatible with GPLv2. I could have sworn Sun released something under
the GPLv3 recently just because they didn't want its code to be able to
be used in the Linux kernel...
Excuse me? Here let's turn this around: "Well, if Linux just sucked it
up and switched its license to GPLv2 or later/BSD/MIT, they wouldn't
have this problem."
See the problem with your argument now?
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that is an aim of
CDDL also. Sun wants code to flow from Linux to Solaris and not the
other way around.
<agog>
All right, Tracy, you're normally pretty level headed, but this is pure
out-and-out bullshit. You've drunk too much of Linus' Kool-Aid.
First, the CDDL doesn't stop the *BSD folks. So, what does Sun gain?
Even *if* their decisions slow down Linux, stuff will just move to
FreeBSD. Sun, in fact, has been working *really hard* to help get ZFS
ported as far and wide as possible. Linus *rejected* their help.
Second, Linux *chose* to be "GPLv2 only" instead of "GPLv2 or later".
The fact that choice is starting to bite is a Linux problem--not a Sun
problem. Linux wanted to make a statement with its license and now has
to live with the consequences.
Third, the code flows from Sun to Linux *FAR* more than the other way
around. See: huge quantities of Gnome, OpenOffice, RPC, NFS, DTrace,
and now Java. For a Linux person to be griping about the exchange being
unfair kinda drives home the point about open source folks being greedy,
ungrateful bastards.
Linus chose the license. If it's causing problems, bitch to Linus.
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