[wplug] Open Solaris

[Robert E. Coutch]

I was thinking more along the lines of this:

"Sun open-source license could mean Solaris-Linux barrier"
http://www.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22-5476123.html

"How Open Will Open Solaris Really Be?"
http://www.informationweek.webservicespipeline.com/57702879

"Sun License Thumbs Nose at GPL"
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1739000,00.asp

On Friday 28 January 2005 01:25 am, David Ostroske wrote:
> Their open source license, the CDDL, is based on the Mozilla Public
> License, and it's OSI-approved.
> http://opensource.org/licenses/cddl1.php
>
> Of course that doesn't mean it's "free" (I think that's what you mean)
> like the GPL. But then, neither is the MPL.
>
> Opening up Solaris might mean something to somebody. We'll see, unless
> one of us is really following this, if this is a win for Sun, Open
> Source, Linux, or anybody.
>
> There's one guy who really doesn't care, though, and that's Linus
> Torvalds. But that's one man's opinion.
>
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:10:15 -0500, Robert E. Coutch
>
> <robert.coutch at verizon.net> wrote:
> > If you read their "Open Source" license you will soon see they don't mean
> > open the same way the GPL means open.
> >
> > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 05:44 pm, Carl Trusiak wrote:
> > > What do you guys think about this?  Sun seems to be serious but, you
> > > never know.  The only site I see preparing for it is
> > > http://www.robustaos.com
> > >
> > > Sun's own site http://www.opensolaris.org is finally functional. Thay
> > > are releasing the Code for D-Trace with the rest of Solaris code out by
> > > 2Q 2005.