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ZDNet Asia: McNealy: CDDL is ‘Best of Both Worlds’

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 14, 2005

[ Thanks to Jacson for this link.
]

“Sun Microsystems’ Community Development and Distribution
License (CDDL) addresses the limitations of proprietary and
open-source licenses, according to its head honcho Scott
McNealy.

“Before Sun established the CDDL, the market lacked an
open-source license that could encompass the best of both
worlds–community sharing and profitability. Creating revenues to
fund next-generation software development, McNealy said, is just as
important as the need to develop intellectual property (IP)…”


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