Exactly what my discussion was like. They thought it was clear enough in the license because of the "production use" clause. So hopefully, they'll update the OTN license and make it clear that it's free for personal or hobbyist use. And realistically, having the source code is nice and all, but how many people really compile ON anyways? Most folks just want something they can download, install, and use. So for the majority of the enthusiasts, developers, sysadmins, engineers, etc. this is more than enough. For me, I like to look at the source to see how things work or file a bug, but I don't think that not having a nightly drop of code is going to dramatically impact my ability to file bugs or figure out how things work.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: unixcons...@yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Orvar Korvar <knatte_fnatte_tja...@yahoo.com> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 4:12:55 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 11 Express > Now from a licensing perspective, I was told by this same product manager that > the OTN license does enable us to use Solaris 11 Express, Solaris 11, and > Solaris 10 for personal use (development, education, evaluation, hobby, etc.) > for free. It's only when you use those products for production that they want > you to pay. Actually, I also spoke to a marketing manager high up, about this. He spoke with some managers high up, about Solaris 10/11 licensing and all the managers said what you say: "free for personal use". I asked the marketing manager that Oracle rephrase the license text and be much clearer in the text. The marketing manager will get back to me later on this. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
