CDDL/GPL and Nexenta (with CDDL libc)

2010-09-02 Thread Don Armstrong
In the course of Debconf10, I was asked a few questions about CDDL'ed libc, Nexenta, GPLed works and what would be necessary to have GPLed works which linked to a CDDLed libc so Nexenta could possibly become a Debian port. To make sure I haven't lept off the edge; I just wanted to run this by every

Re: CDDL/GPL and Nexenta (with CDDL libc)

2010-09-02 Thread Anil Gulecha
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: > In the course of Debconf10, I was asked a few questions about CDDL'ed > libc, Nexenta, GPLed works and what would be necessary to have GPLed > works which linked to a CDDLed libc so Nexenta could possibly become a > Debian port. To make sure I

Re: CDDL/GPL and Nexenta (with CDDL libc)

2010-09-02 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Anil Gulecha wrote: > * I would like to understand further the rational behind using the > "distribution of libraries" boundary at Debian project level, rather > than at a package/binary level, which seems a more natural fit for > delineation. Simply because "acco

Re: CDDL/GPL and Nexenta (with CDDL libc)

2010-09-02 Thread Anil Gulecha
> Also, what would be the upstream of a possible Debian OpenSolaris > based port? I read that Oracle is closing down OpenSolaris and moving > development behind closed doors. > Illumos will be the upstream. Illumos project started out as a branch of OpenSolaris code, but is now effectively a fork