On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, S Destika wrote: > I can't make it more simpler than this - OpenSolaris needs a third, > independent party here controlling and running the show - someone whom > people trust to be unbiased and not driven by commercial interests.
OpenSolaris DOES have an independant controlling body: the CAB (of which I'm a member). > the BIG things OSS is capable of producing. (See how many projects are > supporting Linux - Did one of your customers thinked/needed creating > KDE, GNOME, ALSA? No. So they are still limited to running big iron > boxes to solve one specific problem.) Granted, but you seem to be forgetting that is wasn't that long ago when Solaris was the top tier open source platform. > If Sun continues to be at the forefront - take my word for it, most > people will not contribute as they will always suspect the most obvious I respectfully disagree. Yes, the GPL-zealots (who think that anything that isn't GPL is evil) won't contribute, but open minded geeks will contribute. We've already seen evidence of that. > thing. Unless Sun encourages community to be on their own and not > influence things you will never see, for example, OpenSolaris full of > hardware support , running on all sorts of lovely embedded devices > etc. It will. Don't forget that Linux has a head start here. > Sun has made the first mistake with CDDL - they no longer can benefit > from the load of GPL software and the huge movement that it is, but As Shawn says, Sun has explained numerous times why the GPL can't be used. And I suspect that many GPL projects are that way by default, with the original authors not necesarily realising the consequences of their choice. Each license has its pros and cons, but for me, the CDDL is superior to the GPL because it (the CDDL) imposes fewer restrictions. > Answer this - What OpenSolaris gives you in addition to what Linux > already has? If you differentiated, then there needs to be a DTrace. Zones. Stable ABI. And so on. > substantial difference. I can't see how the license matters as most > projects in OSS are happy with GPL. You have to think on what basis you See my comments above. > will be attracting people, why will people feel motivated to > contribute. Tell me 2 (solid && logical) reasons. 1. Companies can contribute proprietory code, safe in the knowledege that they can keep their IP to themselves. 2. Individuals who want their contributions to be open, yet don't want to restrict the rights of others, will be happy with the CDDL. -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
