Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:14:53 +0200 | From | Manfred Spraul <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] optimization for sys_semtimedop() (was: Opening Day for OpenSolaris) |
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Hi Robert,
>IANAL, but if this is from 'OpenSolaris sources' then surely it would be >incompatible with the GPL? > > > The idea is from the OpenSolaris sources, the implementation is independant. Actually OpenSolaris doesn't contain an implementation at all, it just mentions the idea.
Jim: From my understanding of the CDDL, only a file that "contains any part of the Original Software" must be licensed under the CDDL, there are no restrictions (except possibly patents, but I assume that even the USPTO won't grant a patent on such a trivial idea) on using methods or ideas from OpenSolaris in software that uses other licenses. Is that correct?
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