Sun considers GPL 3 license for Solaris

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Nice one

"But, they should go straight GPL3 to avoid confusion"

You do know v3 does not exist, only a draft has been made
available.

"Heck, if Sun went GPL3 on Solaris, and Linus kept Linux at
GPL2, it would be tempting to use Solaris."

Why? What part of GPLv3 would make Solaris more attractive?

"Well, I don't think that Linus will be able to keep the kernel at
GPL2, the GPL3 is going to be a much better license, and he will
have to give inl"

Linux can do what he wants with his code which he has licensed
v2. Either he'll agree to license it under v3, his code would have
to be rewritten, or his kernel contributions will stay at v2.

Why is v3 a "much better license"?

Look I'm happy Sun is looking at closer integration with Linux, it
has the technical resources to make a very positive contribution
and the software stack for a compelling Sun Linux distribution. I
also wish them well with OpenSolaris as it is a very good UNIX.
I'm simply confused why people are getting so worked up about
Linux kernel licensing when i) v3 doesn't exist, and v3 will not
improve the code of either.

Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 01/30/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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