In the past, you could download security patches without a support contract. Recommended patches required a contract. Now, all patch downloads require a contract.

Ron Halstead

On 05/22/10 23:37, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
Sorry to jump onto this so late, I've not been paying attention to the list.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Martin Paul<mar...@par.univie.ac.at>  wrote:
So the new "Software Update Entitlement Policy for Solaris" as described in
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-61-203648-1 is pretty
clear:

  A support contract covering Solaris is required to access, download,
  install and use all Solaris Software Updates. This applies to all
  Solaris releases.
I don't understand how this differs from how things were in the past.
I have and use a paid-for SunSolve account, so I don't know anything
about people trying to use Solaris without same.  Was it ever the case
that you could use Solaris and get all patches and never pay any money
at all?  Or were some patches only available if you paid?

S.


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