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From: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su>
To: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
Cc: TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Open sourcing SunOS?
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:23:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y/ZBkqBtXIgBRMT/@fuz.su> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W7fiY4T=N2KzjpH0Rujp-tb-fX5dyS4rVgVPq4AGipuHQ@mail.gmail.com>

That's what OpenSolaris was.  The bits that weren't open sourced
were the bits they weren't allowed to for licensing reasons, such
as the C compiler.

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

Am Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:49:50AM -0500 schrieb Dan Cross:
> Has anyone tried talking to anyone at Oracle about possibly getting
> the SunOS code released under an open source license? There can't be
> any commercial value left in it.
> 
>         - Dan C.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-22 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-22 15:49 [TUHS] " Dan Cross
2023-02-22 16:23 ` Robert Clausecker [this message]
2023-02-22 16:30   ` [TUHS] " Dan Cross
2023-02-22 19:52     ` Dave Horsfall
2023-02-22 20:04 ` Warner Losh
2023-02-22 20:12   ` Larry McVoy
2023-02-22 20:44     ` Brad Spencer
2023-02-22 20:46     ` Warner Losh
2023-02-22 20:54       ` Larry McVoy
2023-02-23  0:12   ` Rob Gingell
2023-02-23  2:14     ` Warner Losh
2023-02-23  7:22       ` Rob Gingell

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