On 26 Aug 2010, at 01:10, Andrew Greimann wrote: > Thank you, everyone, for the time and effort put forth into answering this > question. I apologize for replying back 5 days later. > > I think I fully understand any distro's requirements under open source law. > Basically, in summary of what I've read, one can build software from > pre-compiled source or from the ground up (from source), in their preference. > All source code needs to be included with the software, even if it is not > modified.
Most open source licences don't actually require that the source code is "included with the software", but they do require that it is available to anyone who wants to see it. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Interaction Designer Oracle Corporation Ireland Ltd. mailto:calum.ben...@oracle.com Solaris Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Oracle Corp. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
