Yeah, you would think atleast the recommended patch clusters would be available for free, but alas no. Definitely a big blow for many users and customers.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: [email protected] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Daniel Carosone <[email protected]> To: Ignacio Marambio Cat?n <[email protected]> Cc: Aidan Lawn <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 10:46:29 PM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 10 - no longer free On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:30:19AM -0300, Ignacio Marambio Cat?n wrote: > There are no free patches for solaris 10 Nor for OpenSolaris releases (you have to follow the dev builds) -- Dan. > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Aidan Lawn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just found this out, I don't know if it was announced or not but its news > > to me. > > The official license can be read here: > > > > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/popup.jsp?info=17 > > > > The key bit is: > > > > Please remember, your right to use Solaris acquired as a download is > > limited to a trial of 90 days, unless you acquire a service contract for > > the downloaded Software. > > > > Does anyone know when this changed? I just deployed two Solaris 10 servers > > with the plan of only applying the free patches. I'm now planning to > > rebuild when opensolaris 2010.03 is released as this project was scoped > > with no license costs. > > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
