Darren Reed wrote: > How many times have you seen people on the 'web clamour about "why > didn't they open source it if they're going to discontinue it?"?
Sun *DID* open source it -- well over four years ago. No more "open sourcing" is needed to get snoop out there. The calls you've heard are for the things Sun did not release as open source, including the i18n bits in libc and the SPARC video drivers. I think you're confusing things here. Sourceforge is a site where, if you have a project that needs a home, and people to work on it, you can find some storage to house the code. It's not a collection of generic developers sitting around waiting for cast-off bits of software to maintain. Nor is it a required stamp of "open source" approval to have something hosted there, without which no software is truly "open." In other words, you've got the cart before the horse. If there is indeed someone out there who wants to take the snoop sources and run a new project on sourceforge with them, then more power to that person. Good luck with it. You (or anyone else; Sun employee or not) can do that right _now_ without waiting for any special approval or changes in ON. The source is free for the taking. Today. But if there is no such person, then no amount of hand-wringing over it will magically conjure that person into being. You can't treat sourceforge (or any other such site) as a virtual India where out-of-date projects can be sent for death by maintenance. It won't work. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
