John Birrell wrote:
There is a rumor that the OpenSolaris license will change from CDDL to GPL?
It may just be an unfounded rumor.
I'd just like to note that the CDDL allows us to use OpenSolaris code in the
FreeBSD kernel. The GPL would prevent that.
This topic came up at OSCON, so perhaps that's where you heard the
rumblings coming from. Both Jonathan and Simon are admitted fans of the
draft GPLv3, and Sun has used GPL before (see OpenSPARC). Even so, the
license can't be changed until all the encumbered code is out, and that
will take quite awhile (still). I can also tell you, there is also a
huge BSD following within Sun, myself included, who will insist that
whatever license they choose beyond CDDL not exclude the BSD community
from sharing code. In particular, I see a lot of value in sharing
platform and driver code between the BSD and OpenSolaris communities,
since we don't enjoy the defacto support from vendors that some other,
eh, competing systems get. ;)
- Eric
(OpenSolaris kernel developer and FreeBSD user)
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