J?rg Barfurth <Joerg.Barfurth at Sun.COM> wrote:
> Maybe we need a separate 'GPL licensed libraries and plugins' package
> repository outside the 'core OpenSolaris' one, just as much as we appear
> to need 'closed source bits and pieces' or 'other less well integrated
> software' repositories. In all cases the core architecture should be
> defined (IMHO) without reliance on any of these extra pieces of
> software. How much architectural effort should be spends on these extras
> appears to be an open issue.
If the libs are small and used by few programs only, they may be linked
staically to avoid pushing other people into license violations. You already
mentioned that GPL libs should not export interfaces that are of importance
for OpenSolaris users.
If there are more users of such libs, there could be a directory
/usr/lib/encumbered/ to hold them as dynamic versions ;-)
> AFAICT use of GPLv3 in general is a different issue. IIRC Sun has
> already released sofware under that license, so it shouldn't be a
> problem per se.
Could you point me to that SW please?
J?rg
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