[H-GEN] Solaris 10 give away

[Benjamin Carlyle]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 22:12 +1100, McBofh wrote:
> Anthony Irwin wrote:
> > If anyone is interested in playing with Solaris 10 then it seems that 
> > Sun is giving away free install dvd's for a limited time.
> > http://www2.sun.de/dc/forms/reg_us_2211_391.jsp
> As the resident Solaris know-it-all^Wzealot^W(knowledgeable person)
> of the group, feel free to ask me any questions you might have about
> Solaris and OpenSolaris.

Do you know much about the legal situation around solaris these days? It
seems that newer OS patches are only available to users with support
agreements. Only the older versions seem to be available on sunsolve.
Aren't these components free? Also, it appears illegal to distribute OS
patches... that patches must be obtained directly from Sun to be legal.
Do you know where Sun are heading with these kinds of restrictions, and
with their free "right to use" Solaris 10 Entitlement Document that must
be obtained in order to legally run Solaris 10?

I understand that there are proprietary parts of the operating system
that still need proection, but every time I hear about the legal side of
Solaris these days it makes me feel that I can't trust my understanding
of the legal framework it operates in.

Benjamin.