> It's not just blind fear, though, nor is it malice. Looking at the
> staggering amount of code we've been able to release so far, I'm a bit
> baffled how anyone could even begin to think that we're holding back
> out of spite.
>
> --
> James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084
> MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
Please don't understand me wrong: OpenSolaris is imho the best and GREATest
project on earth :)
(That is exactly the reason, why I myself invest so much effort and time.)
I also do understand, that opensourcing huge masses of complex code - with a
20++year history - may be very time-, labour- and cost-intensive.
And of course, that certain pieces cannot be open-sourced at all.
And I am well aware of OpenSolaris's roadmap, too.
I am very happy, that you did - and continue to - open Solaris up.
I would just love being explicitly allowed to integrate and redistribute a few
closed things
{
***
two of the closed /dev/fb drivers:
bash-3.1$ find /platform|grep afb
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/afb
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/afb
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/afb.conf
bash-3.1$ find /platform|grep ffb
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ffb
***
the Studio C++ runtime library:
bash-3.1$ ls -al /usr/lib/libC*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 100764 Jan 23 2005 /usr/lib/libC.so.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 401144 Jan 23 2005 /usr/lib/libC.so.5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 63820 Jan 23 2005 /usr/lib/libCrun.so.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 1907540 Jan 23 2005 /usr/lib/libCstd.so.1
And may be one or two more driver modules.
Plus the FC-AL drivers for QLogic, but that seems already to be under way
}.
Everyone in the word - including the worst countries - can download SXCR w/o an
(btw unverifiable) registration. What is so hard in allowing a few well-known
distributors to redistribute those files in binary form (for community /
non-profit purposes) ?
Okay, it may not be bad intention.
I see this now.
Maybe just a vacuum of responsibility in a few separate niche areas, in a
complex global enterprise organisation otherwise working very well.
I will temprarily continue to work around those things, by letting users
download the missing pieces on the fly.
Okay.
Martin
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