[SPARCbook] getting Solaris 2.6 for developers

[Douglas Landau]

>It's good to know what the laws are.  It's also good for both you and Sun 
>to have your computer working and running Solaris.  My approach to this 
>issue, when I had the same problem, wasn't nearly so extremist and anal 
>retentive as the way this discussion might be headed.

Well, when I brought it up, I _was_ asking:  "what is the letter of the law?"
as opposed to "What are people doing" which has ben discussed plenty
already.  Personally, I paid the 75 for solaris 8, picked up a 2.6 CD
secondhand, and rationalized by figuring that that would be OK with
Sun and within the spirit of the law.  But technically it's not,  
or at least doesnt seem to me to be withing the letter of the law.
                      
>Sun doesent care where you get your media from.  They just happen to sell the

That's what I thought.  I could swear I read that on the Sun site
on the Free Solaris 7 page(s).  But on the page

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/process.html

it  definately says otherwise.  I read all those pages a year or two 
ago and definately thought I read something about how you didnt even
have to pay the 75 if you don't need the cdrom, just register.  Maybe
it changed.
>No Right To Make Copies or Share Media
>...and receive the software directly from Sun or its channel partners.
> This means you cannot transfer a copy of the Solaris binary code or
>your CD to anyone outside your company or organization.

arg!

dkl