[indiana-discuss] SunStudioExpress license questions

["C. Bergström"]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> C. Bergström wrote:
>> Shawn Walker wrote:
>>> C. Bergström wrote:
>>>> Ché Kristo wrote:
>>>>> The license is same as ss12...
>>>>>
>>>>> ss12 and ssx are not redistributable and the license is not 
>>>>> transferable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unlike most other software from Sun SS is not yet (??) open source 
>>>>> but is free as in beer...support contracts available however.
>>>>>
>>>>> As with all things legal consult your *professional* legal counsel 
>>>>> for authoritative advice =)
>>>>>   
>>>> afaik. the license isn't the same as SS12.. SSX by default is 
>>>> restricted to evaluation uses only.. However, the real world 
>>>> perspective seems to be that they want it used for any purpose 
>>>> (even commercially) and that those using it register, give feedback 
>>>> and understand there's no support available for it.
>>>>
>>>> I thought that everything on the os2008* release *was/is* 
>>>> redistributable though and that's one of the key differences 
>>>> between it and the software packaged with SXCE.. Anyway.. I have 
>>>> informal replies from off-list that helped clarify some of these 
>>>> questions.
>>> Indeed, the SS12 license found here:
>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sss12ent_license/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> Says that:
>>> "Permitted Use: You may reproduce and use the Software for 
>>> Individual, Commercial, and Research and Instructional Use, subject 
>>> to and conditioned on Your compliance with the Additional Terms below."
>>>
>>> No one can give you legal advice here, but in general, anything on 
>>> pkg.opensolaris.org is supposed to be redistributable.
>>>
>> The difference between the SS12 license you reference and the 
>> Technology Evaluation License is quite the contrast... Would it also 
>> be possible for the latest SSX version to made available under this 
>> same license or something similar?  Certain parts of OpenSolaris 
>> where there's inline asm could benefit and make it possible to not 
>> hardcode the use of gcc.
>
> According to the documentation at dlc.sun.com, the version of Studio 
> Express found on pkg.opensolaris.org is redistributable according to 
> the term of the OpenSolaris binary license:
>
> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/instdevsoft.html
> "A key highlight of the Sun Studio Express 5/08 release is that the 
> Sun Studio team has joined the OpenSolaris community to provide a 
> binary distribution that is redistributable by the community governed 
> by the OpenSolaris Binary License."
Ok. this is exactly what I was looking for..  I think my last question 
is if the SunStudioExpress package included with 05/08 will be updated 
with each SSX release or how that's working?  I've not updated for a 
while so maybe it's already updated and I just need to pull the packages..

Cheers,

./C

ps.. Shawn thanks for taking the time to clarify the points and point 
out explicitly where the license bits are.