No GPLv3 OpenSolaris, For Now

It’s final. OpenSolaris will NOT be dual licensed under the GPLv3, for now. The OGB have announced all efforts have been shelved and will not be considered again until at least 6 months AFTER the GPLv3 has been published and approved.

The announcement finishes off nicely with:

Further discussion on GPL* is merely a diversion and distraction that should be discouraged, so as to allow the community to concentrate on the higher priority action items - especially those that will improve developer mindshare.

This is obviously only referring to discussions on the OpenSolaris forums, but I guarantee, despite the OGB’s announcement, this will still be a hot topic of debate and will crop up numerous more times on Slashdot and the likes.

For a good “illumination” on the topic, check out Illuminata’s Perspective.