[advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris (TM)

[Nicolas Dorfsman]

	Hi,

	

Le 22 oct. 07 à 00:10, Brandorr a écrit :

> Open questions (with my thoughts):
> ------------------------------------------------
> 1) Is there something smaller than O/N that can be referred to as
> OpenSolaris? (I think at the very minimum, we should be able to have
> the kernel be named OpenSolaris. As in the OpenSolaris kernel. (This
> would not be limited to source or binary, nor would it be limited to
> platform/arch.)

This is a really bad idea, IMHO.  It would be like talk about UNIX-tm  
as a single OS.

OpenSolaris is a sort of "way of life" or "way of Operating Systems".

OpenSolaris community need this to compete with other "ways".
Today, Even my bank account manager knows a Linux distro and moreover  
he knows that his distro is a Linux distro !

If only one distro has the right to be called "OpenSolaris distro",  
other distribution may be known only as their own name, instead as  
"another OpenSolaris distro".

In another hand, if I'm using "ls" source code in my brand new OS,  
could I really call my OS an OpenSolaris distro ?

What about a vote ? Anybody who want to use the term "OpenSolaris  
distribution" should post a summary of what part of his/her OS is  
coming from OpenSolaris projects, and then the community may vote yes  
or no.


> 2) How do we want to phrase the "binary application compatibility"
> guarantee? (Or do we even allow this phrase.)

> 3) How does something get certified as "compatible"? (with Solaris) (I
> think we need to develop a test suite, that works by running a set of
> binaries on the distro that wishes this certification. Please note
> that this is not a Sun certification.)

If we develop a test-suite, just create a "OpenSolaris community  
tested" logo.
Compatible is a supportability word, not a community concern.


> 4) Do we want to establish a certification process for use of the term
> "OpenSolaris" (IE: Whatever we decide as policy, does a group of
> people need to sign off on uses, or will we basically trust people,
> and rely on people to report perceived violations of policy.)


Establish some certifications is good. Limit "OpenSolaris" to  
certified things is another thing.