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

[Joerg Schilling]

Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru> wrote:

> 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?

BTW: Sun was not very effective with their attempt to get a signed SCA.

The Joliet and ISO-9660:1999 extensions in "hsfs" have been written by me and 
added to OpenSolaris without a written SCA.

As a result, Oracle cannot legally distribute hsfs as closed source...

Jörg

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