[OpenIndiana-discuss] Non-free, binary-only components

[Alexander Pyhalov]

On 03/ 2/17 09:29 PM, Mappack Owner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> here: https://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/illumos
> +FAQs#illumosFAQs-Isillumosfreesoftwareopensource I read that there were
> some non-free components in the Ilummos kernel.
>
> Is this still true? Does OpenIndiana include additional non-free
> software? How many binary-only stuff is left in Illumos/OpenIndiana?
>
> Many thanks,
>

Hi.
Yes, this is still true. You can compare 
http://dlc.openindiana.org/dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/20100817/on-closed-bins-nd.i386.tar.bz2 
contents and exception list in 
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/master/exception_lists/closed-bins 
. All files which are not in exception lists are likely still required.

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Best regards,
Alexander Pyhalov,
system administrator of Southern Federal University IT department