On 1/31/07, Phillip (Flip) Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ian Collins wrote: > Stephen Harpster wrote: > >> Legal says "yes", it's possible for someone to create an OpenSolaris >> fork based solely on GPLv3, then make GPLv3-only changes to it which >> we wouldn't be able to take back. >> >> > Well that puts an end to this little debate! I'm sure that's something > no one here wants to happen. > > Ian What is wrong about the open source freedom to fork? Can't someone just as easily fork under the CDDL? Flip
yes, you can fork under cddl, but any changes you make to your sources can be used by the original project ( think netbsd and openbsd) BUT, if you use a dual licence and one decides to fork and use one licence only, for example cddl, the new changes would be useless to the original project if is strives to keep it dual licenced. that is bad, very bad news. but in any case, it is way too early to have this argument, not only do we have to wait for the license to be finished, but also, we have to see if the license is actually accepted by the community to see if there is a real benefit using gplv3 too. right now, we know there are real drawbacks though nacho _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
