[indiana-discuss] [Fwd: Fwd: License and redistribution of the OpenSolaris updates]

[Dan Roberts]

Laurent,

Sorry, this was rather unclear so we're updating the services faq to 
clarify this issue, should be able to see that shortly.

The faq question covers how support and IP is licensed for customers 
with a paid subscription for OpenSolaris from Sun.  For those customers 
who want to have their systems supported by Sun that support is licensed 
on a per system basis.  Part of that support covers Sun creating fixes 
to the specific version of OpenSolaris that the customer is running and 
those fixes may apply to back revs of OpenSolaris or packages in the Sun 
OpenSolaris premium repository (stuff that encumbered which we can't 
open source, vast majority of which will be free as well).  When Sun 
fixes a bug in OpenSolaris we will integrate it into the latest version 
of the code that is available to the community, some customers choose to 
get that update stream pre-packaged from Sun and that's what is covered 
on a per system basis under the support agreement.

The OpenSolaris release, and it's generally available updates, are of 
course free, open source and re-distributable.

Thanks
Dan

>>>>>> *From: *Laurent Blume <laurent at opensolaris.org 
>>>>>> <mailto:laurent at opensolaris.org>>
>>>>>> *Date: *May 18, 2008 9:27:27 AM PDT
>>>>>> *To: *indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org 
>>>>>> <mailto:indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org>
>>>>>> *Subject: **[indiana-discuss] License and redistribution of the 
>>>>>> OpenSolaris updates*
>>>>>> *Reply-To: *indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org 
>>>>>> <mailto:indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm reading the fine-print on OpenSolaris, and there's something 
>>>>>> that I
>>>>>> don't find very clear, maybe it's something that was overlooked.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is that entry in the FAQ:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Q:
>>>>>> I have multiple systems running OpenSolaris, how many 
>>>>>> subscriptions do I
>>>>>> need?
>>>>>> A:
>>>>>> A separate OpenSolaris Subscription is required for every system to
>>>>>> which you apply Software Updates (with the limited exception of 
>>>>>> Security
>>>>>> Patches and Device Drivers). You must have either a Sun System 
>>>>>> Service
>>>>>> Plan or an OpenSolaris Subscription in place for each system or a
>>>>>> site-wide support contract like Solaris Everywhere that covers all 
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.sun.com/service/opensolaris/faq.xml#q11
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First, there's the obvious: beyond the Security and Device 
>>>>>> drivers, all
>>>>>> updates that contain GPL'd or other FOSS code don't need a 
>>>>>> subscription,
>>>>>> obviously.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But also, the OpenSolaris.com website include the following sentence,
>>>>>> which is contradictory:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All of these licenses permit use, copying and redistribution of the
>>>>>> software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.opensolaris.com/get/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does that mean that there is a separate license for the updates, that
>>>>>> restricts the rights in a different way (at least for those 
>>>>>> updates for
>>>>>> which the license allows it)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can anybody explain that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Laurent
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