This seemed to be the most informative article I have found as facts go . The most interesting part is the ability to run native linux binaries in the version. But avoiding the hype, its still a way off. If anyone is interested Sun is also expected to announce that Solaris 10 will be available as a free download by January 31, 2005. As previously reported <http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3430661>, the operating system itself will not be available until the end of the year. Sun's promise of an open source version of Solaris is also not expected to emerge for several months after that. The full article is here: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3435621 Perry Lorier wrote:

Gavin Denby wrote:

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I see that solaris is being "set free" on Monday (US) anyone know how free, Its hard to find much on the Sun website.

IS it 9 or 10 and is the source being opened yet too would be good questions to start with

I believe it's 10 thats being opened. Solaris 10 is being "unveiled" on monday, and won't be formally released until january, so I'd suspect that it's not being properly opensourced until then. Which license they are using hasn't been announced yet, but I'd doubt it'll be the GPL :) Probably one of their current "open source" licenses, either http://www.opensource.org/licenses/sisslpl.php or more likely http://www.opensource.org/licenses/sunpublic.php

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