__/ [ Thufir ] on Wednesday 13 June 2007 02:35 \__
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:58:18 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> [...]
>> Solaris can never be Linux
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Things haven't changed much at Sun. When Sun launched its |
>> OpenSolaris project in 2005 it used the Common Development and |
>> Distribution Licence - which is incompatible withb the GPL - and | some
>> system code was not released.
> [...]
>
> Now that Solaris is GPL'ed, surely there will be cross pollination?
>
> Even if Linus has a hate-on for solaris, there must be at least *one*
> thing which solaris which linux lacks which, thanks to their GPL
> compatability, can now make it from solaris to linux. Of course, this is
> a two way street, which is good...
Sun have apparently just pressured Linus into considering (at least
*considering*) dual licensing Linux (GPLv2+3). It's in the kernel's mailing
lists...
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