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gtirloni 3 days ago

> illumos-closed package, containing binary blobs still necessary to build illumos-gate, was added

https://docs.openindiana.org/release-notes/2016.10-release-n...

> There are a small handful of illumos components for which source code is not available. Over time, we have replaced most of the closed source components from the Sun era with new open source versions. This work is ongoing

https://illumos.org/docs/developers/build/#getting-the-close...

> From this, however, project founder Garrett D'Amore took the last drop of the gate and announced illumos in mid-2010.

https://illumos.org/docs/about/history/

dfc 2 days ago | parent [-]

What does "took the last drop of the gate" mean?

tw04 2 days ago | parent [-]

The last code pull from Sun/opensolaris before they started completely diverging.