[indiana-discuss] Name of Distro?

[BVK Chaitanya]

Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> writes:
> Eric Boutilier wrote:
>> Kidding aside, that's a major point of confusion (especially with the
>> slashdot crowd). Here's the thing (I'm pretty sure): The agreement is
>> needed only for contributions that want to be part of something Sun
>> Microsystems ships or plans to ship some day (e.g.  Nevada). I'm pretty
>> sure, no company would take on the legal risk of not requiring that.
>
> But many community projects require it too, since it allows a central
> entity to deal with things such as enforcing against those who distribute
> in violation of the terms, or to decide when to move to new licenses.

But most of those community projects are owned by non-profit
oraganizations, not a commercial companies like Sun. If there is
something like, OpenSolaris Foundation, probably people will not
hesitate  to sign the agreement. I think having Sun name makes them
doubtful.


bvk-chaitanya
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