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Legal stuff is confusing… Is it actually legal to distribute GPL software along with the CDDL-licensed Solaris core, and in particular, with SUN libc?

April 26, 2017actually Confusing core GPL Legal Software Solaris stuff

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Legal stuff is confusing… Is it actually legal to distribute GPL software along with the CDDL-licensed Solaris core, and in particular, with SUN libc?

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It is perfectly okay, Nexenta follows in the long tradition of integrating the GNU user land with your favorite OS of choice. Common uses are Fink (MacOSX), Cygwin (Windows), and various Solaris distributions, including Solaris 10 itself.