[OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 is out - so?

[Edward Martinez]

On 11/11/11 06:48, James Carlson wrote:
> Gary Mills wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 08:47:56AM -0500, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>>>> From: Gabriele Bulfon [mailto:gbulfon at sonicle.com]
>>>>
>>>> Oracle announced availabilty of Solaris 11.
>>>> Do you notice any real news in the O.S. that OI/IllumOS has not?
>>>> What is the status of the promised sources?
>>> Sources were never promised.  We all want them, but I never believed they
>>> were going to release them.
>> Is there a legal requirement to release source built in to CDDL?
>> If not, we are unlikely to see it.
> They're the legal owners of the code, so it frankly does not matter what
> the CDDL says.  The property owner can set or change any terms at any
> time, and is not bound by previous terms.
>
> But sources were indeed promised at some unspecified date after the
> binary release.  Hope they carry through.
>
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-August/059310.html
>
       Some solaris 11 code were published  and it appears some of the  
files are  CDDL licensed . I guess this  is the only CDDL  source  will 
get. well,  maybe  for now.

        http://oss.oracle.com/systems-opensourcecode/#oracle-solaris