[ogb-discuss] License clarification?

[Shawn Walker]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Stephen Lau <stevel at opensolaris.org> wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I was hoping that someone could forward the following message on to
> > relevant parties at Sun to ensure some of the concerns raised are
> > addressed:
> >
> >
> http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/24/organic-vs-non-organic-open-source/#comment-371
> >
> > In short, the poster worries that:
> >
> > * The OpenSolaris Binary License doesn't allow benchmarking
> >
> >
>  He's not talking about the OpenSolaris Binary License - he's talking about
> the SXCE/DE EULA.  The point of confusion probably surrounds his
> misunderstanding that OpenSolaris != SXCE which, as we all know, is fairly
> common. :-P

No, he really is talking about the OpenSolaris binary license:

"I stand corrected on the Open Solaris license. It doesn't explicitly
prohibit benchmarks, although according to the OpenSolaris Binary
License, the only permitted use is "reproduce and use internally the
Software for the purposes of developing or running an OpenSolaris
distribution". I'm not entirely sure benchmarking is considered
"running an OpenSolaris distribution", but that's a question for the
lawyers, I guess."

>  I'm not sure that such a comment address needs to come from someone at Sun,
> it seems like there is sufficient raw material for anyone to present a
> rebuttal to the points that you raised.

I believe so too, but it would be nice to see some clarification added
or a FAQ entry.

Thanks,
-- 
Shawn Walker

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben