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Sun was helping open source before Linux existed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsite

• teddyh 8y ago
  In the early 90’s, sure, Sun was somewhat friendly. In the 2000’s and onward? Not so much.
  • patrickg_zill 8y ago
    Could you cite some examples? Dtrace and ZFS were both open sourced during this time period IIRC.
    • teddyh 8y ago
      IIRC, the licenses for those were rather hostile, even if technically “Open Source”.