[OpenIndiana-discuss] New to the list + SPARC & OpenSolaris

[Linda Kateley]

On 1/11/12 10:57 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> On 01/11/12 10:50 AM, Bryan N Iotti wrote:
>> My question was if I could still use my version of Solaris 9 for 
>> "home hobby
>> use"or if the new Oracle rules prevented me from it.
>
> Oracle no longer distributes Solaris 9, so to use it, you must already 
> have a
> copy, and are covered by whatever license you got it under.
Solaris 9 license was free up to 2 cpu's.
>   If your home
> hobby use includes wanting bug fixes and security patches, then you're 
> out of
> luck - the only way to get those for any Solaris version now is to pay 
> Oracle.
>


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