On 18 Jul 2010, at 00:39, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> This is completely UNTRUE, and I really hope that we at least don't repeat >> the FUD here. > > Of course, you are right. The Copyright only is about copying and once you > copied the software legally, you may use it without limitations.
But this is about the end user license agreement, not copyright. To download the software you have to agree to the license which places restrictions on what you may or may not do with it. If you downloaded Solaris 10 prior to the license changes and have an entitlement for the machines you're running it on, then you're fine. But for new downloads, you have to agree to the license. And last I heard, those click through end user license agreements are legally binding (as much as I'd love them to not be - I have no idea what rights I've given away all these years I've clicked "I Agree" when installing software). I'd guess the license places limitations on distributing the software, otherwise I'd get my mother to download it and give it to me, and I'd be able to do whatever I wanted with it. Wouldn't that be nice. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
