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:InfoWorld: Sun Considers GPL License for Solaris
InfoWorld: Sun Considers GPL License for Solaris
May 1, 2004, 15 :30 UTC (43 Talkback[s]) (13514 reads)
(Other stories by Robert McMillan)

"Sun Microsystems Inc. may be selling servers running Linux, but that doesn't mean it is cutting back on the evolution of Solaris. Among its plans, the company is considering offering a free, open source version of its flagship operating system, said Jonathan Schwartz, the company's recently appointed president and chief operating officer.

"'Maybe we'll GPL it,' Schwartz said of Solaris, referring to the GNU General Public License under which the Linux operating system is distributed. 'We're still looking at that...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
No doubt, a GPL'd solaris kernel com ...   GNU/Solaris ?!   
David McGuire
May 1, 2004, 15:41:56  
How stupid, if SUN is to GPL anything it ...   GPL Java !!! Dummies   
GH
May 1, 2004, 15:52:12  
Adopting the GPL would dispel criticism ...   Who Lives on Planet Sun?   
David
May 1, 2004, 16:00:29  
I reallize that Sun is closed to Microso ...   FUTURE   
FUTURE
May 1, 2004, 16:44:04  
I seriously doubt that they could open s ...   Seriously doubt it   
Steve Bergman
May 1, 2004, 16:57:51  
And on that day, pigs will fly. ...   Yeah right   
FUD-Master
May 1, 2004, 17:21:04  
Schwartz with the ball....Head fake to t ...   Schwartz fakes left and ...   
Peter Yellman
May 1, 2004, 18:25:55  
I think that if they turn Sun to GPL it ...   Solaris   
matthew mills
May 1, 2004, 19:42:32  
Solaris is so 80's.. You know, Wang ...   Yawn...   
bincbom
May 1, 2004, 20:08:43  
"Sun Microsystems Inc. may be selling se ...   like ... who cares?   
rday
May 1, 2004, 21:34:40  
I wonder what SUN's motivation behin ...   What's the motivation...   
Ronald Trip
May 1, 2004, 22:07:58  
I expected to hear a lot of cheering - " ...   Will you guys ever be happy?   
SW
May 1, 2004, 23:03:07  
> "Sun Microsystems Inc. may be selling ...   Re: like ... who cares?   
rob
May 1, 2004, 23:05:56  
Maybe Sun sees Redhat Linux as a fork an ...   Natural Selection   
GaAsP
May 1, 2004, 23:49:49  
>I wonder what SUN's motivation behi ...   Re:What's the motivation   
Johnny
May 2, 2004, 01:14:20  
The time for headlines like this is Apri ...   One month too late   
Joe User
May 2, 2004, 01:32:34  
noone care about solaris source code. so ...   what a joke!   
Michel Galle
May 2, 2004, 01:35:11  
If the initial design of a computer appl ...   Open-sourcing after is hard   
Mario Miyojim
May 2, 2004, 01:47:36  
IF Sun really does GPL Solaris this woul ...   GPL Solaris? Hell's temperature is what&#   
Kenneth Jennings
May 2, 2004, 02:35:53  
I've seen a lot of stuff hurled arou ...   A benchmark! My ginkdom for a benchmark!   
Kenneth Jennings
May 2, 2004, 02:57:40  
If the initial design of a computer appl ...   Re: Open-sourcing after is hard   
Daniel Carrera
May 2, 2004, 06:09:29  
Depends on the sample space called "You ...   Sounds good to me (was Re: Will you guys ever be h   
Richard Corfield
May 2, 2004, 08:44:25  
How stupid, if SUN is to GPL anything i ...   Re: GPL Java !!! Dummies   
SM
May 2, 2004, 10:53:35  
To 1994. If Sun had embraced opensource ...   Sherman - Set the wayback machine ....   
Mark Belanger
May 2, 2004, 11:33:33  
If Sun released Solaris under the GPL, o ...   Good idea - let's see some action first   
Wesley Parish
May 2, 2004, 11:42:19  
Yes, Sun has put all that money into the ...   Say Anything   
John Bell
May 2, 2004, 14:01:56  
I can't see Sun embracing the GPL. I ...   BSD   
Ed Craig
May 2, 2004, 14:17:00  
> How stupid, if SUN is to GPL anything ...   GPL Java now! (or something) and Solaris   
Mr. Foo
May 2, 2004, 14:24:06  
"If the initial design of a computer app ...   Re: Open-sourcing after is hard   
R.K.
May 2, 2004, 15:47:06  
Sun is on dreaming with Microsoft.It is ...   On Dreaming   
DREAM
May 2, 2004, 16:51:58  
I think that there *would* be a lot of c ...   Re: Will you guys ever be happy?   
Steve Bergman
May 2, 2004, 18:07:14  
Solaris still has a reputation as a pret ...   Won't happen   
Rufus Polson
May 2, 2004, 20:27:32  
Answer OpenOffice.Also Solaris already h ...   Re: Open-sourcing after is hard   
bruno
May 2, 2004, 21:55:59  
Thousands of closed source Solaris have ...   Re: what a joke!   
Kratz
May 2, 2004, 22:14:36  
> To 1994. If Sun had embraced opensour ...   Re: Sherman - Set the wayback machine ....   
Bruce
May 3, 2004, 01:44:19  
I don't get it. This is very sad. ...   Risking their credibility and good standing   
Gary Edwards
May 3, 2004, 02:46:42  
> Maybe JS was fishing to see if you guy ...   Re: Will you guys ever be happy? We're hap   
ThoreauHD
May 3, 2004, 04:40:37  
> Ahh, LT readers...ever the font of wis ...   Re: Re: like ... who cares?   
Jimmy the Geek
May 3, 2004, 08:44:41  
> IF Sun really does GPL Solaris this wo ...   Re: GPL Solaris? Hell's temperature is wh   
dkr
May 3, 2004, 14:00:04  
I really wish I understood the vitriolic ...   Sun Can never win   
Paul
May 3, 2004, 16:22:52  
Nice catch! I couldn't agree more:" ...   Re: Say Anything   
Gary Edwards
May 3, 2004, 16:36:00  
Hmm, seems like they just paid SCO a gob ...   I'm sure SCO wouldn't mind   
Void Main
May 3, 2004, 16:59:27  
Solaris is so 80's.. Nope, SunOS is ...   Re: Yawn...   
ashnazg
May 3, 2004, 23:30:35  
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