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by cat199 2340 days ago
> Sun picked the licence because they had to allow linking with closed code for their products

Wasn't Sun always the copyright holder? Licenses only apply to Licensees, not Licensors - or am I missing something (e.g. collaborators not needing to reassign copyright back to sun, etc)..

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IIRC, Sun was not the copyright holder of everything in Solaris.