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Sun to Add GPLv3 to OpenSolaris?
An anonymous reader writes to mention that sources inside Sun Microsystems claim that OpenSolaris may see the GPLv3 added to its list of licenses soon. From the article: "While Sun officials would not confirm the plan to dual-license OpenSolaris under the CDDL and GPLv3, Tom Goguen, vice president of Solaris software at Sun, told eWEEK that other open-source technologies will play a big role in Solaris going forward. 'Take the GNU Userland, which is an interesting piece of technology that Sun is looking at closely, and we may do something similar with, say, a container flavor,' he said. 'You can also expect to see a renewed focus on the needs of developers and system administrators with Solaris going forward, while individual pieces of the next version will also likely be increasingly delivered first as components or technologies targeted at vertical markets,' he said."
"Can you please cite some examples of Microsoft using submarine patents. "
MS has already sued for the use of FAT using their patents as a weapon.
MS has threatened many companies with threats of suits and had them back down because they can't afford to fight MS.
Steve Ballmer recently promised to sue people who use linux unless they use Novell Linux.
evil is as evil does
A non-anonymous source inside Sun, who just happens to be Sun's VP of Software, has refuted eWeek's rumor spreading.
All the FSF projects have the "or later" license.
Debian won't officially endorse the project due to resistance to the CDDL license. The Nexenta FAQ explains the issue; licensing solaris under GPL3 gain acceptance.