SCO Skunkware

This article is about SCO Skunkware. It is not to be confused with Skunkworks.
SCO Skunkware
Stable release
Skunkware 2006 / July 30, 2006
Development status Current
Written in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Shell, Ruby, Tcl/Tk, ...
Operating system SCO Xenix, SCO UNIX, SCO OpenServer 5, SCO OpenServer 6, UnixWare 2, Caldera OpenLinux, Open UNIX 8, and UnixWare 7
Size >28 GB
Type Open Source
License OSI approved Open Source licenses
Website http://www.sco.com/skunkware/

SCO Skunkware, often referred to as simply "Skunkware", is a collection of Open Source software projects ported, compiled, and packaged for free redistribution on SCO operating environments. SCO Skunkware packaged components exist for SCO Xenix, SCO UNIX, SCO OpenServer 5, SCO OpenServer 6, UnixWare 2, Caldera OpenLinux, Open UNIX 8, and UnixWare 7.[1] SCO Skunkware was an early pioneering effort to bring open source software into the realm of business computing and, as such, provided an important initial impetus to the acceptance and adoption of open source software in the small and medium business market. An extensive SCO Skunkware download area[2] has been maintained since 1993 and SCO Skunkware components were shipped with operating system distributions as far back as 1983 when Xenix for the IBM XT was released by The Santa Cruz Operation.[3] Later additional open source distributions for operating platforms such as the FreeBSD Ports collection and the Solaris Freeware repository[4] would lend additional momentum to the adoption of open source in the business community.

Release history

SCO Skunkware has been released frequently on CD-ROM and as a downloadable CD ISO image. Individual packages are distributed via FTP. The Skunkware CD release history is as follows:[5]

Licensing

SCO Skunkware components are licensed under a variety of terms. Most components are licensed under an OSI approved Open Source license. Many are licensed under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the GNU Library General Public License.

Licenses used by SCO Skunkware components include or are similar to:

A few of the components are "freeware" with no restrictions on their redistribution. Some components may restrict their use to non-commercial purposes or require a license fee for commercial use (e.g. MBROLA). Some components may be redistributed with special permission from the author(s) as is the case with KISDN.

Packaging Formats

SCO Skunkware packages are typically distributed in the native packaging format of the operating system release for which they are intended. Package management systems used by SCO Skunkware include the following:

Notes

  1. ↑ SCO Skunkware website
  2. ↑ The SCO Skunkware FTP download area contains over 1200 packages and 28 Gigabytes of free downloads
  3. ↑ SCO Forum 2000 slide presentation
  4. ↑ "Freeware for Solaris". Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  5. ↑ Open Source BOF SCO Forum 2002
  6. ↑ Skunkware was temporarily renamed to "Supplemental Open Source Software" after the purchase of the SCO server division by Caldera International. SOSS is the acronym used for this.

See also

References

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