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Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

Posted Feb 10, 2007 18:48 UTC (Sat) by notamisfit (subscriber, #40886)
In reply to: Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris by zotz
Parent article: Recommendation: no GPLv3 for Solaris

The CDDL's really not a bad license, and with one of those Add-A-Clauses, it'll be GPLv3-compatible.

Although I think Sun would benefit from a GPL'd Solaris, it's probably not worth the risk of alienating people who are already developing code for OpenSolaris.


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