The Usefulness Of Linux-Next
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| Andrew Morton noted, "putting arm into linux-next means that Stephen (and
| git) handle the merges rather than having me (and not-git) do it. Which helps
| me. I expect that linux-next will get a lot more cross-compilation testing
| than -mm. Which helps you." Greg KH added, "getting your stuff into
| linux-next would provide a public place for others to base off of, making it
| easier for them to send patches to you ensuring that they apply properly.
| Which in the end, will help others be able to contribute easier, and help you
| by getting patches you do not need to rebase yourself."
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http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/The_Usefulness_Of_Linux-Next
Says Linux developer:
What Sun was trying to do with Open Solaris
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| So that explains why it’s take three long years to try to get basic open
| source development tools (such as putting Open Solaris source code in a
| distributed SCM located outside of the Sun firewall) for Open Solaris. It was
| never was Sun’s intention to try to promote a kernel engineering community,
| or at least, it was certainly not a high priority for them to do so.
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http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/19/what-sun-was-trying-to-do-with-open-solaris/
Good for Linux. Bad for Sun, its control, and its CDDL.
Recent:
Not with a bang, but a whimper
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| Roy Fielding[1] finally quit the OpenSolaris community today, see his
| resignation letter[2]. The kettle finally boiled over and the realization
| come to many (but not all) that Sun is publishing their Solaris code for
| marketing purposes, rather than creating an independent, community-led, open
| source project with the ability to make real decisions.
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http://www.ratliff.net/blog/index.php/2008/02/14/not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper/
Sun Confirms Inflexability & Community Disregard
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| On Monday OGB Chairman Rich Teer posted Sun's answer (crafted by Mr Bill
| Franklin with the assistance of Mr. Simon Phipps) to the OGB's request for
| clarification regarding the highly controversial decision to name Project
| Indiana "OpenSolaris". The issue is highly mixed, on one hand you have Sun
| Microsystems looking for a way to monetize OpenSolaris, on the other hand
| they are redefining the term "OpenSolaris", around which everything is based,
| without a single regard for the community.
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http://cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=898
Related:
Sun bullied, used threats to gain control of open source project, former owner
says
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| Sun used strong-arm tactics and made threats to the owners of an open-source
| directory project to wrestle away control, according to one of the former
| owners and creators of the project.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/112907-sun-opends.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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