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Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3 (Linux-Watch)Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3 (Linux-Watch)Posted Jan 16, 2007 22:02 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)In reply to: Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3 (Linux-Watch) by drag Parent article: Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3 (Linux-Watch)
Ooops. Looks like the title is a bit misleading.
According to the Eweek article Sun has refused to confirm the 'leak'/rumor about the license change.
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Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3 (Linux-Watch) Posted Jan 17, 2007 2:34 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] I know that the FSF has been working hard with Sun to come up with an agreeable license. But I wouldn't be surprised if this leak is premature, and there are unresolved details. I expect that they'll work it out.
Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3 (Linux-Watch) Posted Jan 17, 2007 16:08 UTC (Wed) by sladen (guest, #27402) [Link] Concur. Simon Phipps made it fairly clear in London at the first OpenSolaris User Group (on 2005-06-20, the week of release), that Sun would have liked to have used the GPLv3 if the license had been ready. CDDL ("cuddle"), with it's explicit patent handling is effectively a stop-gap measure, but also the solution that allows OpenSolaris to be available here-and-now today with the blessing of Sun's management. OpenSolaris is a technically Good(tm) kernel, short of drivers; and the CDDL is a technically Good(tm) license, short of mindshare. My gut-feeling is that I don't expect either situation to change in the short-term...
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