On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 19:48 +0800, Tao Chen wrote: > On 11/13/06, Bob Palowoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If Sun does this, it is a good step, but it would > > > stigmatise the CDDL as a license that is not really > > > loved even > > > inside Sun. > > > > > > Anybody knows more? > > > > It's not an OpenSolaris issue. Java is not part of OpenSolaris. > > > > <quote>Sun may consider using the GPL for its other open-source > products, such as OpenSolaris. "I'm completely signed up to reevaluate > our whole licensing protocol," Green said.</quote> > http://news.com.com/Sun+picks+GPL+license+for+Java+code/2100-7344_3-6134584.html?tag=nefd.top > > I don't expect Sun change OpenSolaris license anytime soon, though. > Let's watch how GPL'ed Java is going to evolve for the next year. > > According to Mr.Gosling, Java source will also be managed by > Mercurial, I think that's a good news for us. > http://blogs.sun.com/jag/entry/gpl_v2_wins! > > Congratulations. I think in Java's case, Sun may have picked the right > license + exception.
I have the same feeling. Good move. And if we will see that Java/GPL community grows way faster then OpenSolaris/CDDL, than obvious questions will arise ... i.e. why not dual license OpenSolaris with GPL too? -- Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
