On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 08:13:30AM -0400, Luc Bouchard wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, but it's a grey area whether the "development machine" has to be acquired from Sun or an authorized dealer. Sun's website isn't 100% clear on that and IANAL, so I don't intend to deal with this mess.
I see no gray area: "You can use the software for non-commercial usage on single processor systems supplied to you by Sun or its authorized distributors or based on the x86 architecture." That clearly states (with no ambiguity that I can see that you can only use that free license on single-processor Sun boxen supplied by Sun or a distributor, or on single-processor systems based on x86 architecture regardless of how you acquired them.
But that is a red herring, really: the whole point is that this license is for "Developers and Educational Users", who are then authorized to use the license at no cost under certain circumstances. I am not developing software on my Sun boxen, nor do I work in an educational institution. As I read that license (and, BTW, as my lawyer read that license), I am not in any way or by any stretch of the imagination entitled to a free Solaris license.
Unless you develop code on that box, or you work in education, neither are you. Not at work, not at home, not to write a birthday card, and not to write a tome.
Linux it should be, and on my machines Linux it is.
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
