-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Buys wrote: > From time to time I grab a diferent OS to install and try my hands at > it. This time was OpenSolaris. The thing is, at some point in the > install, OpenSolaris throws a license at my face that doesn't seem open > at all. I can run the software, but I can't redistribute, copy, etc. I > am no law expert, but that license doesn't seem really open or free. > As far as I could tell, at least grub and (a javified version of) gnome > are free, and OpenSolaris is using it. Maybe it uses other free > software. So, doesn't that license conflicts with the gpl? > Its not to flame Sun, I know the company has contributed a lot with the > community, and many folks respects them. Just trying to get things clearer. > > Sort of reminds me of Freespire's license. Definitely not free, in the sense of freedom, but it is free in the sense of cost.
Free does not always mean Open Source, which is what the GPL requires. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGDQ6xiXBCVWpc5J4RAqxeAJ9TY+9oRTwlcwI6/+jwyq0d+EJfRACeJQg8 G+2lACWB4kPzZK0Q2i8cgtE= =Gf0P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
