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On 9/10/2010 6:11 PM, Edward Martinez wrote: > It appears this is the license Solaris 11 Express wil be under and it's solaris 10 new license, an OTN lincese. > > http://c0t0d0s0.org/archives/6891-Licensing-Change-for-Solaris-10-and-Solaris-Cluster.html I find this section of the license even more interesting: > Open Source Software > "Open Source" software - software available without charge for use, > modification and distribution - is often licensed under terms that > require the user to make the user's modifications to the Open Source > software or any software that the user 'combines' with the Open > Source software freely available in source code form. If you use > Open Source software in conjunction with the Programs (or if you > plan on licensing your own application under an Open Source > license), you must ensure that your use does not: (i) create, or > purport to create, obligations with respect to the Oracle Programs; > or (ii) grant, or purport to grant, to any third party any rights to > or immunities under our intellectual property or proprietary rights > in the Oracle Programs. For example, you may not develop a software > program using an Oracle program and an Open Source program where > such use results in a program file(s) that contains code from both > the Oracle program and the Open Source program (including without > limitation libraries) if the Open Source program is licensed under a > license that requires any "modifications" be made freely available. > You also may not combine the Oracle program with programs licensed > under the GNU General Public License ("GPL") in any manner that > could cause, or could be interpreted or asserted to cause, the > Oracle program or any modifications thereto to become subject to the > terms of the GPL. > They make it sound like they feel threatened by OpenSource software, the GPL in particular. While I have no love for the GPL, I've never thought that any OSS license would create the need for language like that. -Kyle -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMi4tRAAoJEEADRM+bKN5wQOoH/0lKaY++68JniCWCmvmse/uc /LmI9BZrjB6bHaWdwW3DufL0Gxt/0R2gviDGzBexMqvIswEOyds3jkkUwKlxQ94H IK+VJenQgsDQ7ZjBdxqMHMxdhNPV7QVcElzioDeWly6MCWKASxvY8tewl04z11Wu a7icqTRx6GcnwYBK0gMdtFfKtGHtPI6BoiaNHqFftPiPdfPIG5rG9ijqs1wuku3J EB1VMwBXYCBsG6EnV0XUcKpy1XSlXEvsedadGvxTXEuqNG4Sl+RTSnfpiJMEN/g0 9ADW6BAiVaErvt5gwSWbctaoyHcSKH7WR2ScRKqdAuVKePjYmBHg8+W62ph7vXM= =f3Ll -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
