On 09/04/07, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, James Carlson wrote:
>
> > Not all things in Solaris are under the CDDL. Only the things that
> > Sun has licensed under CDDL are marked that way. Some things have
> > different owners who've given different licenses.
>
> Seems that having the license in the man page would be helpful, with all
> the various licenses we have in the system.
The issues are complex, and there are notable exceptions, but in
general, I suspect the licenses are not meaningful for people who need
to know how to use the system.
I really don't like finding ersatz advertising in the documentation.
Indeed, and some programs may have files that fall under multiple licenses.
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"Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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