Hi Dina,
Thanks for the very relevant link and excerpt.
However, it still doesn't say that it's free to copy and distribute.
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Dina" == Dina-natha Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Is it legal to copy and distribute Solaris?
Dina> Actually it is not if you will use it on a computer with 9
Dina> or more CPUs. Otherwise you can download it for free from
Dina> sun.com or free.com and use it on a computer with up to 9
Dina> CPUs, I don't think that you'll have any problems finding
Dina> one like that :)
Dina> If you visit the following URL you can see for yourself:
Dina> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/
Dina> This is an excerpt from above link:
>> Welcome to the Free Solaris Binary License Program!
>>
>> Thanks for your interest and welcome to the Free Solaris
Dina> Binary License Program. Now you can >use the .com-grade
Dina> SolarisT 8 Operating Environment at home or at work -without
Dina> paying a license fee. For >only the cost of media and
Dina> shipping, you can use the software on an unlimited number of
Dina> computers with a >capacity of 8 or fewer CPUs. To
Dina> participate in the program, continue through the following
Dina> pages and you will >be registered, licensed, and authorized
Dina> to purchase the SolarisT 8 media kit (if necessary).
Dina> You have to purchase media kit for $75 in which case you get
Dina> Solaris and few other CDs full of Utils and other software
Dina> with manuals, or you can just download it for free, just
Dina> like with Linux distributions. You can get SPARC or Intel
Dina> version. Source code is supposed to be available in the
Dina> third quarter of 2000.
Dina> Dnd.
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