Comments on: Debian Solaris?

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:48:22 +0000

There are two Debian GNU/BSD ports (that I know of).

http://www.us.debian.org/ports/netbsd/

and

http://www.us.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/

Alvaro links to both in the body of his blog posting. Like Debian GNU/Hurd they are Debian systems with GNU utilities and a non-linux kernel (unlike fink and Debian GNU/w32 which are Debian packages and tools augmenting some otherwise complete system).

By: Ian Bicking

Ian Bicking — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:15:13 +0000

There was talk of a Debian BSD at one time too, wasn’t there? Seems like the same idea, different kernel. I don’t know what happened to that project; probably something to think about for anyone going into this project.

By: James

James — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:16:00 +0000

Well, whether it’s DFSG approved is a matter of argument … some on debian-legal say yes, some say no. From my extremely brief review, it’s got something to do with patents. And I’d say more, but I really don’t know, so check out debian-legal yourself.

By: Ian Murdock

Ian Murdock — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:17:58 +0000

The CDDL is free according to the OSD but not the DFSG (the former has to be true, or the OSI wouldn’t have approved it)? I didn’t realize the two documents had diverged..

By: Nick Price

Nick Price — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 06:31:25 +0000

I would love this except that DFSG would put the OpenSolaris kernel into non-free :(