On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Don Armstrong: > > > CDDL'ed libc (and other System Library) and GPLv3+ work: OK > > I think the FSF wants us not to be able to use the System Library > exception. It is only intended for proprietary operating systems.
It's intended for cases where you're running a GPLed work on a system which is GPL-incompatible. > The FSF also unconditionally labels the CDDL als GPL-incompatible > (although it is not clear if the license overview was thoroughly > updated for GPL version 3). They're referring to the common case where the System Library exception is not invoked. > There used to be a GNU libc port to the SunOS kernel. Perhaps the > Nexenta folks can revive that? My suggestion was to link GPLed binaries to such a libc which circumvents most of these problems. However, because of design considerations, the libc<->kernel interface is not as stable in SunOS as it is in linux, which makes this a long-term labor intensive process. Don Armstrong -- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you really want to test his character, give him power. -- Abraham Lincoln http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100924001854.gk6...@teltox.donarmstrong.com
