The common term used to define the developer community around
Sun Microsystems'
open source project for the
Solaris operating system.
The term OpenSolaris refers not only to the operating system but also to the source
base and
developer community as well. The OpenSolaris project included source
for the
kernel,
networking, libraries, and commands from Sun's
Solaris operating
system. OpenSolaris contributions are released under the Common Development and
Distribution License (CDDL), an Open Source Initiative (
OSI) approved open
source license.
See also Solaris for a better understanding of
this term.
