[ug-bosug] My Solaris Express Add on DVD: Some points and questions.

[Moinak Ghosh]

Venky wrote:
> (Mandatory disclaimer: I am not a lawyer!)
>
>   
>> I am working on creating my own Solaris Express Add-on DVD.
>>
>> After a SXDE install, i found some stuff missing/desirable.
>>
>> The DVD has the following
>>     
>
> <snip>
>
> When you say "Add-on DVD", you are talking about another DVD
> which has a bunch of stuff you have compiled which can be
> installed on top of a SXDE install, right?  I am assuming it does
> not actually contain and binaries from SXDE.
>
> The one thing I would make sure is that it is legal to
> redistribute the NVIDIA driver.  Other than that, IMO it *should*
> be legal to redistribute it.  Actually, you are just distributing
> it - not redistributing it.
>   

It is legal to redistribute the Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris versions of the driver
as per the license. I had also clarified with Nvidia marketing folks. 
That is
why the driver is included in BeleniX.

Regards,
Moinak.

>   
>> NOTE
>> 1) All the software is Sun Studio 11 built and built by me, except KDE
>> 3.4.3 (community build, Sun Studio 10)
>> 2) All the software relies on the "native"or "pristine" Sun supplied
>> libs, unlike blastwave . (Sorry, unable to use the right term, but I
>> think I put the message across)
>> 3) The .bashrc and .Xdefaults files will probably not be copied (need
>> some input from the UG regarding this). But it does make the life of a
>> first timer very easy. (and probably familiar, if he's a linux user)
>>     
>
> I like this idea.  In fact, Pradhap had done some work on this
> some time ago.  Pradhap, you there?
>
> Venky.
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