[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11?

[Joerg Schilling]

Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM> wrote:

> Brian Smith wrote:
> > Or, is
> > there some kind of rule that says that all Solaris functionality must be
> > present without depending on any GNU-licensed software?
>
> Nope, since most of our desktop functionality depends entirely on GNU
> licensed software.

Alan, you are missunderstanding Solaris.

The basic OS (ON) should not depend on GPLd software. This is the same approach
as the *BSD people use.

Jörg

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