Quoting Niall Walsh (linux at esatclear.ie):
> From there how long from there until we have a Debian GNU/OpenSolaris?
> Or is CDDL even DFSG Free (the patenting clauses anyway makes me
> wonder)?
CDDL does strike me as being every bit as DFSG as its MPL predecessor.[1]
However, of course, the OpenSolaris codebase apparently (as everyone
suspected) includes quite a lot of binary-only, proprietary "secret sauce"
components.[2] How useful the CDDL (and other open source / free-software)
portions would be without them is an open question. My own expectation
would be "Not very; probably even substantially less than the
corresponding case with Apple Darwin."
> Of course whether it's worth it or not is another matter. I
> guess both will be projects like rebuilding a Freely redistributable
> Suse/Novell Professional image, a test of just how many people care.
I think the latter would be a _great_ deal easier -- and more useful.
[1] Sun Microsystems solicited my feedback on the licence before its
publc release. Unfortunately, I did not have sufficient time in to help
them during the very short comment period available -- but my impression
of the licence is overwhelmingly favourable.
[2] Alluded to, briefly, here:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/binary_licensing_faq/
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