On Jan 21, 2008 10:45 AM, Kuldip Oberoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We currently do not have all the rights to allow redistribution of Sun Studio. > > With many millions of lines of code developed over the past 2 decades, we > have developed, partnered, and licensed, etc. to provide the best toolchain > as possible for our users. Since transitioning from a paid to free product 2 > years ago, we have balanced priorities of additional features > (Intel/AMD/SPARC optimizations, tools for MT/multicore development, new IDE, > etc.) with those needed by the open source communities (OpenSolaris, OpenJDK, > etc.) > > Our goal is to enable Sun Studio to be used in the OpenSolaris project and > other open source communities. We recognize that identifying and removing > legal encumbrances, allowing a redistributable version of Sun Studio, would > not only further this goal along, but be a major milestone towards Sun's open > source strategy. Project Indiana, with its repositories, provides a great > opportunity for OpenSolaris and we want to participate as fully as possible. >
This is the first statement I've seen from a Sun representative that clearly outlines the challenges faced in redistributing Sun Studio. Thanks for responding, -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
