it really does not make any difference about all the fine points about if it is GPL or CDDL. the bottom line is that opensource devlopers and users want their software to be GPL. if it is not then these people will be turned off by opensolaris. opensolaris would benefit greatly from having a GPL license. i believe in fact that most people that are using opensolaris start to customize their system to have as much gnu software as possible and be as easy to build programs as it is under linux. gnu software under opensolaris is like a 2rd thought as it shows up in /opt/sfw instead of /usr/local .... under linux gnu software is the esssential ingredient that allows programming tools to exist.
for example: i just started to build kde. first i needed the qt library. i could not get a full build with qt 4.0. qt 3.4 built fine. under linux qt 4.0 build that the first time. then i tried to build kdelibs, could not build it under opensolaris, first time success under linux. gave up and just used the one that came with the companion disk. i would really lilke to know how they got kde to build in the first place?! in conclusion opensolaris is a fine OS as is Bsd and Linux but making opensolaris GPL would make it more attractive for the opensource community. michael - i am using for solaris: 5.11 snv_18 i86pc i386 i86p on an AMD 3200 64 - as for linux i am using suse 9.2 This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
