p2pnet - rss feed: Solaris goes open source
p2pnet.net News:- Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 developers can now customise the OS for specific environments, and then sell it - without having to pay license fees.
“Initially, the OpenSolaris project will provide the core kernel, libraries and commands that are currently distributed with the Solaris OS,” says the company on its web page. “Over time, it is expected that additional parts of the Solaris OS will be made available through the project.”
The main difference between the OpenSolaris project and the Solaris Operating System is the new project doesn’t provide an end-user product or complete distribution.
“Instead it is an open source code base, build tools necessary for developing with the code, and an infrastructure for communicating and sharing related information,” says Sun.
“Support for the code will be provided by the community [and] Sun offers no formal support for the OpenSolaris product in either source or binary form.”
Solaris and Linux may both be open source, now, but, “different licences govern the two software packages,” says E-Commerce Times, going on:
“Linux uses the GPL while Sun created a new Common Development and Distribution Licence (CDDL) for Solaris, which is sometimes refered to as a ‘commercial open source license.’ The main difference between the two is how they treat adjustments that individual developers or companies make to the code.
“The GPL requires developers to share their code with the world, and the CDDL lets developers keep the source code of their work a secret. The latter is a major benefit for enterprises that want to incorporate open-source code into their products without giving out trade secrets.”
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E-Commerce Times - Free Access to Sun’s Solaris 10 Source Code, June 15, 2005
June 17th, 2005 at 4:50 am
Too late charlie.