Joerg Schilling wrote: > Stephen Lau <stevel at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > >>> This sounds like a minssunderstaning of OSS development. >>> >>> In a real OSS project, people who contribute code have the right to >>> decide on the future of the project. >>> >>> The current problem with OpenSolaris is that there is a self strengthening >>> mechanism that prevents contributions and thus makes it hard if not >>> impossible >>> for people outside Sun to get into a state of being able to decide. >>> >>> >>> >> Read my earlier threads. I was saying OpenSolaris is not a way to tell >> Sun what to do with its distributions. Whatever Sun chooses to do with >> Solaris, or however Sun chooses to run Indiana is Sun's business. >> >> People seem to misunderstand that. >> > > OK, but then you seem to imply that Sun Solaris may/will be different from > what the OpenSolaris community creates and we need a OpenSolaris source > repository that is managed by the OpenSolaris community. > >
Sun Solaris is already different from what the OpenSolaris community is creating. There is layered software on top of what is being developed in the open, e.g. the closed-bins, the closed non redistributable drivers, etc. etc. And yes, we do need a source repository that is managed by the OpenSolaris community. -steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
