[indiana-discuss] Including Sun Studio cc with Indiana

[Moinak Ghosh]

Glynn Foster wrote:
> Stephen Lau wrote:
>   
>> Alberto Ruiz wrote:
>>     
>>> On this regard, I would like to ask Glynn and Ian; is Indiana intended
>>> to be a fully open source distribution? If so, are we going to package
>>> the Sun compilers? Are we going to use it just to create the binaries?
>>> Are we going to use gcc until Sun releases the compilers as open
>>> source somtime in the future (I don't even know if there are any plans
>>> on release the compilers though)?
>>>       
>> I thought I had read that they were intending it to be a fully freely
>> redistributable distribution; as of now, it can't be fully open source
>> due to the required closed binaries.
>>     
>
> Long term, yes, absolutely - completely open and free bits. Do I think we'll
> have to make some short term compromises to be able to get something out as soon
> as possible? Yes, absolutely.
>   

   I guess there may still be a need to have some minimal closed bits 
w.r.t. to third
   party binary drivers like Nvidia if Indiana decides to bundle them.

Regards,
Moinak.

>
> Glynn
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