Editing OpenSolaris (section)

==License==
{{Main|Common Development and Distribution License}}
Sun released most of the Solaris source code under the ''Common Development and Distribution License'' ([[CDDL]]), which is based on the [[Mozilla Public License]] (MPL) version 1.1. The CDDL was approved as an open source license by the [[Open Source Initiative]] (OSI) in January 2005. Files licensed under the CDDL can be combined with files licensed under other licenses, whether open source or proprietary.<ref name="cddl_combo">{{cite web
 |title       = Can code licensed under the CDDL be combined with code licensed under other open source licenses?
 |url         = http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/#CDDL-combo
 |work        = OpenSolaris FAQ: Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)
 |publisher   = OpenSolaris
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071027082141/http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/licensing_faq/#CDDL-combo
 |archive-date = 2007-10-27
}}</ref>

During Sun's announcement of Java's release under the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL), [[Jonathan I. Schwartz|Jonathan Schwartz]] and [[Richard Green (technologist)|Rich Green]] both hinted at the possibility of releasing Solaris under the GPL, with Green saying he was "certainly not" averse to relicensing under the GPL.<ref>{{cite web
 | url         = http://mediacast.sun.com/share/tmarble/Sun_Opens_Java.ogg
 | format         = [[OGG Theora]]
 | title         = Sun Opens Java
 | publisher         = [[Sun Microsystems]]
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20090319020035/http://mediacast.sun.com/share/tmarble/Sun_Opens_Java.ogg
 | archive-date         = 2009-03-19
 | url-status         = dead
 }}</ref> When Schwartz pressed him (jokingly), Green said Sun would "take a very close look at it." In January 2007, [[eWeek]] reported that anonymous sources at Sun had told them OpenSolaris would be dual-licensed under CDDL and GPLv3.<ref>{{cite news
 | first       = Peter
 | last        = Galli
 | title       = Sun to License OpenSolaris Under GPLv3
 | url         = http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Sun-to-License-OpenSolaris-Under-GPLv3/
 | publisher   = [[eWeek]]
 | date        = January 16, 2007
}}</ref> Green responded in his blog the next day that the article was incorrect, saying that although Sun is giving "very serious consideration" to such a dual-licensing arrangement, it would be subject to agreement by the rest of the OpenSolaris community.<ref>{{cite web
 |author       = Rich Green
 |title        = All the News That's Fit to Print
 |url          = https://blogs.oracle.com/richgreen/entry/all_the_news_that_s
 |work         = Rich Green's Weblog
 |date         = January 17, 2007
 |access-date   = 2007-01-25
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717093921/http://blogs.oracle.com/richgreen/entry/all_the_news_that_s
 |archive-date = July 17, 2011
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> <!-- Sun's Jonathan Schwartz announced in his April 16 MySQL Conference keynote that all Sun's CDDL-licensed products would be published under the GPLv2. -->