[Info-vax] DECnet for Solaris

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:

(snip)
> Sharing software with others can have legal consequences!  Expensive 
> ones.  Someday you might be required to provide "proof of license" for 
> your software.

> It cost time and money to write that software and the author(s) feel 
> that they are entitled to be paid for their efforts.  If you are caught
> using copyrighted software without a license, you can find yourself a 
> party to an expensive legal action for which you may be required to pay!
> Not to mention the damages that might be awarded.

Solaris has been free, in some sense, for some years now.

I don't remember if at some point you needed a free license.
One I remember, you could download CDs, but were required to
put the appropriate label on them.  I had a laser printer but
no CD label stock...

Some versions were free for research and development use, but
at the time that was all we did.  As far as I know, you can
still download ISO files, make your own install disks, and 
install it.

Now, it could be that DECnet was charged for, even when the
base system was not.


-- glen