Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Mar 2009 23:18 UTC
A week ago, we reported that IBM was in acquisition talks with Sun. Sun has been in trouble for a while now, and has been shopping around the Valley for a potential buyers for the company. This report came from "people familiar with the matter", but it seems that we now have a confirmation from none other than Intel's CEO, Paul Otellini.
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RE: CDDL ensures Solaris doesn't need to go away
by dvzt on Thu 26th Mar 2009 22:23
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RE: CDDL ensures Solaris doesn't need to go away
by binarycrusader on Sat 28th Mar 2009 08:36
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Part of the CDDL - that Solaris is licensed under - states that Sun can relicense without permission from any developers that have contributed.
Sorry, but that is so incredibly wrong it's not even funny. The CDDL does not give Sun any special rights to re-license code placed under the CDDL.
In fact, the CDDL is a generic, reusable license that is basically an improved version of the MPL (Mozilla Public License).
The Sun Contributor Agreement, that gives Sun join copyright on contributions, is what gives them that right.
Edited 2009-03-28 08:39 UTC
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Part of the CDDL - that Solaris is licensed under - states that Sun can relicense without permission from any developers that have contributed. I predict IBM will exercise this option and work on integrating the interesting technology into Linux itself.
That is one obstacle that Linus has with the GPL that many overlooked when it was a big deal that he said he likely wouldn't switch to GPLv3... he didn't really have any say because the copyrights stayed with the original author, he just owns the trademarks on the brand his pet project has developed into.
Anyway, hopefully I'm not rushing the gun by already welcoming the Solaris guys into the Linux community proper...
Edited 2009-03-26 15:24 UTC