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ggiesen
268 days ago
It's supposedly the opinion of Oracle that the CDDL is GPL-compatible and that's the reason they won't do that.
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Macha
268 days ago
I would not rely on the non-binding opinion of a company known for deploying its lawyers in aid of revenue generation
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ggiesen
268 days ago
For context:
https://sfconservancy.org/videos/2023-07-14_FOSSY-2023_RHEL-...
(FF to 37:34)
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wbl
268 days ago
That wasn't exactly the answer.
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ggiesen
268 days ago
Yeah, I agree based in rewatching that I've either misrecalled the original material, or I got it from another source.
I agree that based on that source, it's more like "meh, we don't really care" (until they do)
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Conan_Kudo
268 days ago
Oracle didn't follow that with DTrace. They changed the license away from CDDL when they integrated it into Oracle Linux.
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