Re: [cobalt-users] Sun Cobalt code that is released

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Bruce Timberlake wrote:

> > I think Sun is releasing the server code into the public domain.
>
> All that's happened so far is the Qube 3 version of Sausalito has been
> released under a BSD license.  Find more info and the code at
> http://open.cobaltqube.org/
>
> There's also a project underway to put that Qube 3 code onto a RedHat 9
> server... I don't know about the multi-domain stuff though.
>
> Nothing about the older RaQs, or even the 550 or Control Station, has
> been released under any license yet.  Once the 550 is officially EOL and
> has stopped shipping, the team *might* be able to scrub that code and
> release it as well.
>
> Note these releases are only relevant to the "Cobalt" code - the
> Perl/PHP/shell scripts etc that make up the UI, etc.  All the basic
> server OS and apps are already 'public' under the GPL, etc.

Thanks for the input, we will be watching what Sun does

Gerald
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