On Thursday 03 November 2005 21:25, Erast Benson wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 14:32 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Thu, 03 Nov 2005, Dalibor Topic wrote: > > > If your core feature is GPLd code coming from Debian, I'd kindly > > > suggest to take the concerns of Debian developers regarding compliance > > > with the license of that code seriously, and to argue your points > > > accordingly. > > > > And I will unkindly *demand* that our concerns be taken quite seriously. > > > > Often the Debian packaging scripts are GPLed and we are the copyright > > holders of those. Not to mention a bunch of Debian-specific packages > > that are also GPLed, and whose copyright holders are Debian developers > > (and I am one of them). So, you'd better be prepared to convince us that > > shipping CDDL Kernel+libc *together* with GPL software linked to that > > CDDL libc is compliant, if you want to remain in good will with us. > > > > We are NOT asking for too much, and we are not engaging in any religious > > wars either. We are being responsible citizens. If the CDDL is > > compatible to the DFSG and to the GPL, so much the better IMHO, I have > > *nothing* against the Solaris kernel and libc, even if I do prefer the > > Linux kernel and glibc over them. I will welcome Debian OpenSolaris if > > it is possible to do so legally. > > Nexenta community willing to make appropriate changes to the system and > make it absolutely Debian legal OS. And more I'm looking into it, i'm > sure it is quite easy possible by making main Nexenta OS CD to be > GPL-free. All GPL software will be distributed on Nexenta "Companion" > CD, if user wants to. > > To make it happen, we need to resolve "dpkg" issue and initial boot > strapping process. Which is quite possible to re-write dpkg as CDDL > software. But to avoid duplication of work, it will be wise for Debian > community to release dpkg under LGPL license. Of course, if Debian
It is safer/wiser/saner to re-license you code under GPL or GPL-compat license. No sane person will use CDDL 1.0 licensed code, at least because of the funny patches like the choice-of-venue clauses. Patch your license or find already proven to be free one. > community serious about non-glibc ports. If not, I doubt Nexenta OS will > ever be part of Debian community and will continue its way more like > Ubunutu. Think about it. I highly doubt such funny ultimatum does matter ;-) Please read www.debian.org to get a notion how the Debian community works. -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
