Sun Microsystems is set to license OpenSolaris under the upcoming GNU GPLv3 in addition to the existing Common Development and Distribution License, sources close to the company have told eWEEK. "The next version of Solaris will include things like GNU Userland, which is already being attempted with OpenSolaris, while open-source solutions from other communities for things like package management also look very promising. Dual-licensing OpenSolaris with GPLv3 could make this even easier," said a source who declined to be named.
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pretty terrible conception about OSS. So your fear is that Linux could better Solaris. Preatty weak.
Isn't that the same sentiment behind ReactOS? To create a Windows clone--to take all the favorable things about Windows and use it in your own OS?
Anyways, that is a valid concern. If linux took most of the features of Solaris, the things people identify as being Solaris, what would be the point of it anymore? I don't think it would be good for linux either. I'd like to see differentiation, diversity and fair competition.
For example, some of the kernel developers (including Linus's) attitudes were quite different a while ago.. there was no push towards crash dumping, kernel debugger, or dynamic tracing. But now look at it--all for the better. In fact System Tap was inspired by Dtrace and defining experiences the RedHat & Intel folks had out in the field in troubleshooting customers' systems who were also serviced by Sun engineers using dtrace.
And if it weren't for the "Slowaris" reputation Sun had a while ago before S10 and linux coming along and lighting the fire on Sun's asses, I doubt there would've been much improvement and nor would Sun care much for any performance comparisons
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2005-07-06
Yet you don't mind Apple and BSD "plundering" the good things from Solaris? How is it any different?
Except they're not "plundering" in my view. If the Solaris code was GPL'd, it would just be "absorbed" into the Linux world. Whereas with the Apple culture, it it *used* but not "absorbed", same with BSD.
If all the functionality of Solaris were moved into Linux, key reasons to use Solaris would not exist. Hence, why I am against it. One project should not succeed at the expense of another.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the way I read this is "I would stop contributing if those Linux bastards could use my stuff".
They can use OpenSolaris and whatever "stuff" I have contributed. Just not in a way that causes it to lose any identity and the licensing I want.
Edited 2007-01-17 01:51