We're wondering if this would increase participation. There are a lot
of GPL bigots out there. If OpenSolaris were available under GPL, would
there be more people willing to participate who have to date ignored us
because we're CDDL only?
Also, the thinking is that the open source community at large will adopt
GPLv3 and hence a dual-license would make it easier to have OpenSolaris
use that larger body of work. Of course, that presumes that the open
source community accepts GPLv3. If they don't, then dual-license may
not buy us anything.....
Danek Duvall wrote:
Stephen (or Jonathan and Rich via Stephen), what are the problems you're
trying to solve with such a licensing change? Are there any, or are you
just tossing it up in the air to see where it comes down, and what people
say, positive or negative?
I think it's difficult to evaluate such a proposal without the context of
"why are we doing this?" and will result in a load of unfocused discussion,
which is what I think we're seeing so far.
Danek
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Stephen Harpster
Director, Open Source Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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