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Nexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launchesNexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launchesPosted Nov 3, 2005 5:42 UTC (Thu) by bajw (subscriber, #11712)Parent article: Nexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launches
Though the Debian/kFreeBSD and Debian/NetBSD varieties have some attraction, I don't imagine I'd want to run an Unfree, Solaris-based version of Debian. I really *like* Free Software, especially Debian GNU/Linux. The CDDL just doesn't provide the user protections of the highly trusted GPL.
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Nexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launches Posted Nov 3, 2005 21:51 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (subscriber, #3659) [Link] Please describe how Solaris under the new license is unfree. It's not GPL-compatible, but neither is MacOS X, which has a Debian port (fink).
Nexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launches Posted Nov 4, 2005 20:18 UTC (Fri) by kreutzm (subscriber, #4700) [Link] AFAIK fink is not a Debian port but just uses apt / dpkg to install software (i.e. uses Debian tools).
Nexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launches Posted Nov 10, 2005 3:21 UTC (Thu) by josh (guest, #17465) [Link] The Freeness of the CDDL is one issue. The far more relevant issue, however, is that the CDDL is not GPL-compatible, which means that Nexenta *may not* distribute GPL software (such as most of the Debian core packages) linked to the CDDLed Solaris libraries.
The fink project can distribute GPLed software for MacOSX because the fink project does not distribute OSX itself, and may thus take advantage of the exception for system libraries. The Nexenta project distributes GPLed software together with the CDDLed system libraries that it links together, which is not permitted. (This exception was designed for when a completely Free system did not exist, so that GNU software could be used to replace components of a proprietary system piece by piece, but proprietary vendors would not have an exception permitting them to distribute GPLed software linked to their proprietary libraries.)
Nexenta (Debian-based GNU/Solaris) launches Posted Nov 3, 2005 23:58 UTC (Thu) by rqosa (guest, #24136) [Link] > The CDDL just doesn't provide the user protections of the highly trusted GPL. Neither does the BSD license. It's arguable that the BSD license provides even less "user protections" than the CDDL does (the FSF's license list page calls the BSD license "non-copyleft" and calls the CDDL "not a strong copyleft"). OTOH, the BSD license is GPL-compatible, which the CDDL isn't.
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