[oi-dev] Copyright for contributors - not in files, OI branded zones, binary compatibility

[Jim Klimov]

On 2013-07-22 17:59, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
> On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> On 07/22/13 07:30 AM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>> unless it had explicit approval to do so from any joint contributors.
>>
>> Remember the terms of the Sun Contributor Agreement granted Sun co-ownership
>> and the right to release the code under any license of Sun's choosing, such
>> as a proprietary license in any Solaris 10 backport.
>
> Oh right.  The SCA.  Damn, forgot about that!

Would I be wrong to assume that this was in place for OpenSolaris code
(and indeed Oracle closed up their Solaris), while the new illumos
contributors did not sign an SCA with Sun and thus are not subject to
its terms? Did the (ex-)Sun/Oracle employees, including those currently
active in illumos community, sign it? Even if yes, does it hold valid
for post-split codebase?

Thanks for clarifications,
//Jim