Open Source Initiative ratifies Sun's CDDL Licence

Posted on 20 Jan 2005 at 11:17

A spokesperson told us: 'Sun has purchased very broad rights when it comes to Solaris. In fact, they have the broadest rights of any UNIX licensee which allows them to do more with Solaris. That said, there are still guidelines and restrictions that govern what Sun can do, and we'reconfident that they are well aware of what those are. We believe that they will stay within the bounds of their UNIX license.'

Solaris 10 is to be available at the end of January as a free download - Sun will make money on the costs of providing ongoing support, bug fixes, updates and so on.

The CDDL can be viewed at the OSI website.

Author: Matt Whipp