Rodolfo J. Paiz said: > At 19:08 5/10/2004, leam wrote: >>Um, Solaris is free for <8 CPU machines. At least that's what they told us. > > You can download the software at no cost. However, the license to use it is > *only* free if you acquired your Sun machine from them or an authorized > distributor. If you buy a U10 on Ebay from me, you have to pay for the > license to use the software. > The license is free to use for Development or Educational use on a single CPU machine. You must register the license as part of the download. Here is the info from the Binary License Program FAQ: Binary License Program. End users can receive a license to use the Solaris 9 Operating System via Sun's Free Solaris[sm] Binary License Program. An end user must register with Sun to receive a free license to use the Solaris 9 software on SPARC- or x86-based computers with a capacity of 1 CPU. Certain restrictions apply. For systems with a capacity of 2 or more CPUs, users can purchase licenses from a Sun sales rep, Sun authorized reseller or Sun online store (US only), and should then download the software from Sun or buy a media kit from their Sun sales rep, Sun authorized reseller or the Sun online store (US only). Luc Bouchard
