> > I think it's a lot worse. It's not just > > non-production use, it's only licensed for > software > > development, and only for use by a single person. > I > > can't think of many places where you could > actually > > use it. All of my software developers need to > allow > > someone else onto their machines from time to > time. > > In most cases home use isn't software development. > I > > don't think you could use it to assess Solaris 11, > > since (1) that isn't software development and (2) > > you'd normally need to have more than one person > use > > it. > > > > With Sun you could say "well, their lawyers went > > overboard. They don't really mean that." With > Oracle > > I strongly recommend against such an approach. > > > > "only for the purpose of developing, testing, > > prototyping and demonstrating your applications, > and > > not for any other purpose." > > > > " The Programs may be installed on one computer > only, > > and used by one person" > > > Hi, > > I'm studying computer science and I wanted to use > solaris 11 ex at home to learn solaris, that may > count as developing, since i will be coding and > testing and demonstrating to myself that i can code > a decent program:-) > may be reading to much in to the license,however, i > found another clause,it may be of some concern to > a few, is oracle, has the right to audit the use of > the Programs, i don't know how > n my opinion the way this license was written is like > they are limiting the use to a point where the user > has to to buy support. I love open source, > free(freedom) software and this going against > that. > > the clause: > > LICENSE RIGHTS > We may audit your use of the Programs. Program > documentation, if available, may be accessed online > at http://otn.oracle.com/docs. > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/licenses/solaris-clu > ster-express-license-167852.html > > > Regardsti > Edward
"Right to audit" is an inherent part of a software license, I wouldn't read too much into it, and PLEASE don't subconsciously try to paint Oracle as a bad guy until you have had a chance to become familiar with other similar licenses. (After all, this is an Oracle-sponsored forum, isn't it?) That said, if you don't feel comfortable with the new license, there are OpenIndiana, IllumOS, SchilliX, Jaris, EON, Milax, etc. In a sense, tightening up the licensing language is not necessarily a negative thing. AFAIC, Oracle has a new design for how Solaris should be accepted, and, AFAIC, I respect Oracle's right to do that. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
