Editing OpenSolaris (section)

{{short description|Open source operating system from Sun Microsystems based on Solaris}}
{{other uses|Solaris (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox OS
  | name           = OpenSolaris
  | logo           = File:OpenSolaris Logo (2).svg
  | developer      = [[Sun Microsystems]]
  | family         = [[Unix]] ([[System V#SVR4|System V Release 4]])
  | language       = Multilingual (more than 53)<ref>{{cite web
    | author       = Petr Hruška
    | title        = Language/Locale Coverage
    | url          = http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+int_localization/OpenSolaris201003TestPlan
    | work         = OpenSolaris 2010.03 Test Plan
    | publisher    = opensolaris.org
    | date         = April 6, 2010
    | access-date  = 2010-04-20
    | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100410014804/http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+int_localization/OpenSolaris201003TestPlan
    | archive-date = April 10, 2010
    | url-status   = dead}}</ref>
  | source model   = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
  | screenshot     = [[File:OpenSolaris-snv 134b.png|300px]]
  | caption        = OpenSolaris build snv_134b
  | released       = {{Start date and age|2008|05|05}}
  | latest release version = 2009.06
  | latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2009|06|01}}
  | latest preview version = snv_134 (build 134) [http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/archive/opensolaris/osol-dev-134-x86.iso x86]/[http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/archive/opensolaris/osol-dev-134-ai-sparc.iso SPARC]
  | latest preview date    = {{Start date and age|2010|03|08}}
  | working state  = Discontinued, continued by [[illumos]]<ref name="mail.opensolaris.org">{{cite web
    | title        = /osol-discuss/ OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express
    | url          = http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-August/059310.html
    | access-date  = 2012-02-28
    | url-status   = dead
    | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100816225601/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-August/059310.html
    | archive-date = 2010-08-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
    | title        = /osol-discuss/ OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express
    | url          = http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-August/059316.html
    | access-date  = 2012-02-28
    | url-status   = dead
    | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120105104401/http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-August/059316.html
    | archive-date = 2012-01-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
    | author       = Garrett D'Amore
    | title        = illumos - Hope and Light Springs Anew - Presented by Garrett D'Amore
    |date=3 August 2010
    | url          = http://www.illumos.org/attachments/download/3/illumos.pdf
    | publisher    = illumos.org
    | access-date  = 3 August 2010}}</ref>
  | update model   = [[Image Packaging System]]
  | package manager= Package Manager, <code>pkg</code>
  | programmed in  = [[C (programming language)|C]]
  | kernel type    = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
  | userland       = [[SVR4]] C library, [[GNU Core Utilities]] and traditional [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] commands
  | ui             = [[GNOME]]
  | license        = Mostly [[Common Development and Distribution License|CDDL]] with proprietary components<ref>{{cite web
    | title        = OpenSolaris Binary Licensing FAQ
    | url          = http://opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/binary_licensing_faq/
    | publisher    = opensolaris.org
    | access-date  = 2009-11-21
    | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20091001235503/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/binary_licensing_faq/
    | archive-date = 2009-10-01
    | url-status   = dead
    }}</ref> and other licenses
  | supported_platforms = [[SPARC]], [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]
  | website        = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605131001/http://www.opensolaris.org/index.html|title=opensolaris.org}}

  }}

'''OpenSolaris''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|oʊ|p|ən|_|s|ə|ˈ|l|ɑːr|ɪ|s}}{{refn|The pronunciation rhymes with {{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Polaris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806002812/https://www.lexico.com/definition/polaris |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-08-06 |title=Polaris |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}}}) is a discontinued [[open-source software|open-source]] computer [[operating system]] for [[SPARC]] and [[x86]] based systems, created by [[Sun Microsystems]] and based on [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]. Its development began in the mid 2000s and ended in 2010.

OpenSolaris was developed as a combination of several software ''consolidations'' that were open sourced starting with Solaris 10. It includes a variety of [[free software]], including popular [[desktop computer|desktop]] and [[server (computing)|server]] software.<ref>
{{cite web |author=Jim Grisanzio |date=December 12, 2009 |title=OpenSolaris Consolidation Information |url=http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/conslist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729120326/http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/conslist |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |access-date=2010-04-22 |publisher=opensolaris.org}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |author=Jim Grisanzio |date=March 26, 2010 |title=What version of the Solaris Operating System is OpenSolaris? |url=http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/general_faq#HWhatversionoftheSolarisOperatingSystemisOpenSolaris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102124622/http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/general_faq#HWhatversionoftheSolarisOperatingSystemisOpenSolaris |archive-date=January 2, 2012 |access-date=2010-04-22 |publisher=opensolaris.org}}
</ref> It is a descendant of the [[UNIX System V]] [[UNIX System V#SVR4|Release 4]] (SVR4) code base developed by Sun and [[Old AT&T|AT&T]] in the late 1980s and is the only version of the System V variant of UNIX available as open source.<ref>The [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] variant of UNIX, on which versions of Solaris prior to Solaris 2 (= [[SunOS]] 5) were based, has been open-source since June 1994.</ref> 

After Oracle's [[Sun acquisition by Oracle|acquisition of Sun Microsystems]] in 2010, Oracle discontinued development of OpenSolaris in house, pivoting to focus exclusively on the development of the proprietary [[Solaris (operating system)#Development release|Solaris Express]] (now [[Oracle Solaris]]).<ref>{{cite web
 | title       = OpenSolaris is now officially dead. RIP.
 | url       = http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/08/opensolaris-is-now-officially-dead-rip/
 | access-date       = 2010-08-13
 | archive-date       = 2010-08-15
 | archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20100815215958/http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/08/opensolaris-is-now-officially-dead-rip/
 | url-status       = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title       = Site Decommissioned
 | url       = http://opensolaris.org/decommission/index.jsp
 | publisher       = opensolaris.org
 | access-date       = 2012-12-29
 | archive-url       = https://web.archive.org/web/20121228144121/http://opensolaris.org/decommission/index.jsp
 | archive-date       = 2012-12-28
 | url-status       = dead
 }}</ref> Prior to Oracle's [[proprietary software|close-sourcing]] Solaris, a group of former OpenSolaris developers began efforts to [[fork (software development)|fork]] the core software under the name [[OpenIndiana]], and the [[illumos]] Foundation that was created at the time continues to develop and maintain the [[kernel (operating system)|kernel]] and [[userland (computing)|userland]] of OpenIndiana,<ref name="OpenIndianaSite">{{cite web
 | title       = Welcome to Project OpenIndiana!
 | url         = http://openindiana.org/
 | date        = 10 September 2010
 | publisher   = [[OpenIndiana|Project OpenIndiana]]
 | access-date  = 28 September 2010}}</ref> and since then additional [[illumos#Distributions|illumos distributions]], both commercial and non-commercial, have appeared and are under active development.