> On 5/16/07, Thommy M. Malmström
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Andre Lue wrote:
> > > > Greets,
> > > >
> > > > If someone built an appliance for sale, would
> it be
> > > legally ok for the operating system to be
> > > opensolaris?
> > >
> > > Sure, as long as you comply with the terms of the
> > > licenses involved.
> > >
> > > You could do this in a few different ways:
> > >
> > > 1) build your own distro from the sources
> provided on
> > > OpenSolaris.org
> > >
> > > 2) Use one of the pre-existing free distros, such
> as
> > > Belenix, Nexenta,
> > > Schillix, or Martux.
> > > Get a license from Sun for Solaris or Solaris
> Express
> > > redistribution
> > > rights. (While Solaris Express includes sources
> > > from OpenSolaris,
> > > it also includes other portions which are not
> > > freely redistributable,
> > > so a license from Sun is needed to sell machines
> > > with it on.)
> >
> > Eh? I write app X and sell it to Y customers for
> EURO Z. It is available for Solaris.
> > Customer has Solaris. I don't care about his
> license agreements. It's a deal between
> > the end customer and Sun how to arrange that
> license deal. I only have to care about
> > selling my X app for Z Euros and earn Y*Z Euros.
> Or?
>
> it deppends, how did you write app X?
> in this case app X would be opensolaris based, if you
> use something
> other than solaris or solaris express or solaris
> developer edition,
> then youre free to do whatever you want provided you
> accept the
> license of that code. if you do use solaris and
> friends instead, you
> need to honor a license you accepted when you get the
> software and
> that means you cannot redistribute it unless sun lets
> you. of course
> ianal
I don't get this. Heres my app:
-------------
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
{ printf ("Hello World!\n");
}
}
-----------------------
cc -o hello hello.c
X==hello
Y pays me Z Euros for hello. How can Sun have anything at all to do with this?
/Thommy M.
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