> > He stressed that Oracle will continue to work with > > the Linux community on the open-source version of > > OpenSolaris, as well as Oracle Linux and its Red > Hat > > Compatible Linux. > > Linux Community? What about working with the > OpenSolaris > community? How about reopening onnv-gate again to > IllumOS? > > > “While we have changed the way we > > will work with the community, Solaris will remain > > open source and the source code will be made > > available to customers.” > > So, in other words, the source code will not be > available > anymore to non-customers i.e. to the community? > Uh-oh..., this doesn't look good. :(
I think the "Linux community" line was the reporter's ignorance in trying to summarize; at least, I hope it wasn't the Oracle rep's ignorance. As I've interpreted it, previous info suggests that source will still be available, but only _after_ release of commercial product. Which stinks, but that's pretty much what Apple does too, which also stinks, but is better than nothing; try getting even that much from Microsoft unless you're a government or a very large customer. My concern would be more that Oracle may well continue to change the rules whenever they think there's more money to be squeezed. I of course think that's short-sighted, and trades money today for shrinking market share tomorrow. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
