15 Sep 2000 jameson   » (Master)

Sun vs. the GPL

I guess most of you read the article linked to by Slashdot. Does anybody have a link to an official press release or something like that? From what I got from the article, it sounds as if it's a code generator/compiler thingy that doesn't actually contain any GPL'd code. Since the GPL allows everybody to do what he wants on his own box (it's only about distribution, after all), I don't see where the violation would be in that case. I'm not even sure it's against the GPL spirit- people can still share the original sources, modify them, and adjust them to their needs.

By the way, is there any point in running Solaris on ia32? No, I'm not being sarcastic, just wondering- I've never seen a Solaris/ia32 box myself.

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