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- From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 -- draconian licensing?
- Message-ID: <FISCHER.92Dec12220316@solsort.iesd.auc.dk>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 21:03:16 GMT
- References: <1f10brINNqph@almaak.usc.edu> <ByKyGp.69B@micromuse.co.uk>
- Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News)
- Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University
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- In-Reply-To: dj@micromuse.co.uk's message of 1 Dec 92 12:24:25 GMT
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- >>>>> "DJ" == DJ Walker-Morgan (dj@micromuse.co.uk)
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- DJ> No, two *concurrent* users......
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- Yup. And the "two concurrent users" under the "right to use" license
- has been standard with Sun's since back when we thought a 3-50 was hot
- stuff. Quite interesting to think that u would even *consider* having
- more than two users at a time on such a beast.....
-
- The real meaning of this license is, of course, that if you plan to
- use your Sun workstation as a "mainframe" you should buy a special
- license. As delivered it's meant to be used as a desktop machine with
- a random remote login, and that's what the standard license covers.
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- A license restricting the *total* number of users sharing the machine
- in time would be insane, and in would probably not even be enforceable
- in some parts of the world (like, 'round here).
-
- /Lars
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- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
- CS Dept., Aalborg Univ., DENMARK. | these things. -- Calvin
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