Stephen Harpster writes: > 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.....
I think it also assumes that a substantial portion of this GPL army will be willing to sign agreements under our terms, placing their code under both licenses so that it actually benefits the Open Solaris community. If that doesn't happen, then the community forks into the GPLv3-haves and the CDDL-have-nots. That would likely be a bad thing. Why would a sensible GPL "bigot" want to do this? -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[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 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
