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:eWeek: Solaris and Linux: No Code Swapping
eWeek: Solaris and Linux: No Code Swapping
Feb 1, 2006, 16 :00 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (10651 reads)
(Other stories by Peter Galli)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"While Sun Microsystems is open to licensing Solaris under Version 3.0 of the GNU General Public License, it will not reconsider its decision not to license the operating system under GPL 2.0, the current version of the license.

"Sun created the CDDL (Community Development and Distribution License) for Solaris after rejecting GPL 2.0 as too restrictive for its purposes..."

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Jonathan's Blog: Thinking About GPL3...(Jan 31, 2006)
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CNET News: Sun Criticizes Popular Open-Source License(Apr 06, 2005)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
When I first saw the discussion inspired ...   No surprise   
David May
Feb 1, 2006, 16:39:47  
Solaris has gone the way of DR-DOS. Sur ...   Nobody But eWeek Cares About Solaris   
lord vader
Feb 1, 2006, 19:03:02  
> Make no mistake. There is nothing, no ...   Re: Nobody But eWeek Cares About Solaris   
Shaman
Feb 1, 2006, 19:30:28  
Personally, I can care less if Sun relea ...   Typical flopping about   
Joe Almeida
Feb 1, 2006, 20:00:05  
Perhaps, at some future point, you might ...   Define "better"   
Orlando Native
Feb 1, 2006, 20:11:57  
>> Make no mistake. There is nothing, no ...   Maybe at the lower end   
Colin Walls
Feb 1, 2006, 20:50:50  
> Actually, what I find MOST interesting ...   Re: Define   
phil
Feb 1, 2006, 21:12:24  
> Perhaps, at some future point, you mig ...   Re: Define   
Shaman
Feb 1, 2006, 22:08:38  
> Make no mistake. There is nothing, no ...   Re: Nobody But eWeek Cares About Solaris   
brof
Feb 1, 2006, 22:45:43  
You are absolutely right on. Solaris wil ...   Re: Nobody But eWeek Cares About Solaris   
Amin
Feb 1, 2006, 23:10:03  
GPL3 is a conspiracy from SUN. It is not ...   Re: No surprise   
Tamin
Feb 1, 2006, 23:15:22  
Every expert opinion I have seen clearly ...   Re: Define   
Jaffer
Feb 1, 2006, 23:22:04  
The GPL sets terms on code sharing. It ...   Re: Define   
Joe Almeida
Feb 2, 2006, 01:57:33  
> * DTraceFlavour of the month. What li ...   Re: Re: Nobody But eWeek Cares About Solaris   
Shaman
Feb 2, 2006, 03:01:04  
Actually, what I find MOST interesting ...   Re: Define   
I R A Darth Aggie
Feb 2, 2006, 04:36:37  
I'm sure there are developers who wi ...   Re: Nobody But eWeek Cares About Solaris   
I R A Darth Aggie
Feb 2, 2006, 04:50:11  
Personally I can't see ANYTHING in G ...   Re: Define   
Dave
Feb 2, 2006, 10:23:20  
Scenario #1 ans #2 don't make sense. ...   Re: Re: Define   
Robert Devi
Feb 2, 2006, 13:43:09  
Scenario #1 ans #2 don't make sense. ...   Re: Re: Re: Define   
Dave
Feb 2, 2006, 15:54:36  
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