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OSI Approves Sun's CDDL

Posted by timothy on from the free-license dept.

njcoder writes "CNET is reporting that Sun's Community Development and Distribution License has received approval from the Open Source Initiative on Friday. The CDDL has been rumored to be the proposed license for OpenSolaris which is expected to be released by the end of the month."

3 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. What about RMS? by uyguremre · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Did FSF approve this license too?

  2. Re:Slashdot is hard to understand by civilizedINTENSITY · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well you can't mix and match with Linux or other GPLed SW...what about the BSDs? What about Darwin? If it is open source but not usable, what is it?

  3. Re:Sun is dying by SunFan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sun will be out of business in 5 years.

    Solaris 10 has a number of features over Linux and Windows, and Sun is now officially cheaper to buy from than Red Hat and Microsoft. Don't be so quick to write them off, especially since they turned profitable.

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    -- Microsoft is the most expensive commodity operating system and office suite vendor in the marketplace.