[NTLUG:Discuss] difference between linux and solaris

[Christopher Browne]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:40:55 CST, the world broke into rejoicing as
Buddy Brannan <davros at ycardz.com>  said:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 04:09:35PM -0600, Will Senn wrote:
> > How exactly is $75 free?, and what media costs half that?
> > I got NT (educational license similar to free) for $55 books and all.

> I'm only guessing, but I'm guessing it's free as in liberty, not free
> as in beer, as the Gnu saying goes. Whether Solaris is *really* free
> software is an exercise for someone else--it's at least somewhat
> open-source, to some degree. It's almost certainly freeer (more free?) than
> any Microslop bloatware is, at least insofar as liberty goes. 

No, it's more like "if you want us to send you a copy in an box, we'll
charge you $75 for that privilege."

The release of Solaris sources is likely under the "Sun Community
Software License" which has been characterized as being "about as free
as the former Soviet Union."  I doubt you'll see much there that you 
would regard as "liberty."  Though perhaps marginally more than would
be found with Micro Soft software...
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