<s>
The	O
Open	O
Community	O
Software	O
Project	O
(	O
OpenCSW	B-Device
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
project	O
providing	O
Solaris	B-Application
binary	O
packages	O
of	O
freely	O
available	O
or	O
open-source	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
Association	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
Article	O
60-79	O
of	O
the	O
Swiss	O
Civil	O
Code	O
with	O
domicile	O
in	O
Greifensee/ZH	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
association	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
software	O
packages	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
currently	O
supported	O
production	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Solaris	B-Application
Operating	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenCSW	B-Device
provides	O
packages	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
11	O
(	O
by	O
compatible	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
packages	O
)	O
for	O
32	O
and	O
64-bit	O
,	O
x86	B-Operating_System
and	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
1st-class	O
supported	O
OS	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
there	O
still	O
exists	O
a	O
legacy	O
Solaris	B-Application
8	I-Application
archive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenCSW	B-Device
package	O
repositories	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
pkgutil	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
installation	O
utility	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
pkg-get	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
new	O
packages	O
are	O
being	O
built	O
using	O
GAR	O
,	O
a	O
framework	O
written	O
primarily	O
in	O
GNU	O
make	O
,	O
which	O
automates	O
large	O
parts	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
package	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenCSW	B-Device
is	O
at	O
the	O
forefront	O
of	O
smooth	O
integration	O
of	O
SVR4	O
style	O
packages	O
into	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
disappearance	O
of	O
Blastwave	O
and	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
free	O
downloads	O
of	O
SunFreeware	O
on	O
30	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
OpenCSW	B-Device
is	O
the	O
biggest	O
source	O
of	O
Solaris	B-Application
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
it	O
had	O
3739	O
unique	O
packages	O
for	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
.	O
</s>
