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Sun Submits New License for Open Source Approval

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-don't-play-well-with-others dept.

Wannabe Code Monkey writes "Sun has submitted their Common Development and Distribution License to the Open Source Initiative for approval as an Open Source license. It appears that this license is what Sun plans to release Solaris under according to an article at news.com.com.com. Of particular note is: 'The CDDL is not expected to be compatible with the GPL, since it contains requirements that are not in the GPL,' Claire Giordano of Sun's CDDL team said in its submission."

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  1. Re:Let's give Sun a kiss and a kick by Kissing+Crimson · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    A kick - because they still prefer business. Novell and Mandrake can somehow make it with GPL - maybe Sun should also try?


    Does Sun make more from software or hardware? Last I checked, they are still a major - and successful - hardware vendor, complete with service contracts, etc.
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