Stephen Harpster writes: > Yes, but the same argument holds. This can happen today. CDDL has file > boundaries. You can create a fork of ZFS and innovate all you want.
In what possible instance does someone "innovate" without changing the source? I think that misses the point. People who want to innovate want to be able to contribute *anywhere* without worrying about ownership. > If > your innovations remain in separate files, you don't have to publish > them or contribute them back. The difference is that you're obliged to keep the original files under CDDL and obey the rules for CDDL. If those original files are published under GPL as well, you are no longer constrained in that way -- you can ignore CDDL. You're now free to create a non-CDDL fork. One in which there are source changes to the files we originally published, but that which *WE* cannot access. The changes are no longer under CDDL, and thus we can't adopt them. We can't bring those changes back into Open Solaris. That can't happen today, but it will tomorrow if the source is dual-licensed. -- 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 opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
