On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Assuming that is the case, what would be the point of changing from CDDL?
Well the advantages, presuming it were possible and without consideration of any potential disadvantages, might be:
- wider licence compatibility of OpenSolaris with other codebases. At present one can not combine GPL and CDDL code, even though the CDDL would permit it[1]. - good PR for Sun amongst general Unix and free software communities. - eliminates a "FUD point"
The GPL zealots would then only complain that OpenSolaris didn't use GPLv2.
That seems a strange and unlikely scenario. Particularly as much GPLv2 licensed code automatically will become available under the GPLv3 licence once it is officially published.
Personally, I don't see why OpenSolaris should change from CDDL.
Depends on the disadvantages I guess. Hard to say really until the GPLv3 exists.
1. It is possible to combine CDDL with GPL code, where the GPL copyright holder grants an exception. regards, -- Paul Jakma [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: The mouse escaped. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
