Sun Microsystems, Inc.
GNOME 2.0 for the Solaris OS is open source, free software with no upgrade or licensing fees. More
information about GNOME 2.0 is available at http://www.sun.com/gnome.
Solaris OS Licensing and Usage
Under the Free Solaris™ Binary License Program, Sun is making the binary (runtime) version of its Solaris 10
OS available to anyone who accepts the terms of the Solaris OS Binary Code License (BCL) and the Free
Solaris Binary License Program. There are no fees for the right to use the software on computers with a
capacity of eight or fewer processors. There is a small charge for the media kit. Refer to
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris for current licensing details.
Features of the Solaris OS license include the following:
• No distinction between desktop and server licenses
• Free binary (runtime) license for all systems with eight or fewer CPUs for users who accept the terms of the
Solaris 10 OS Binary Code License and the Free Solaris Binary License Program
• Availability for purchase via the Solaris 10 Media Kit at http://www.sun.com/solaris/binaries
• Single Solaris Media Kit for installing multiple systems
• Solaris Media Kit containing additional bundled software
• Solaris Supplemental CD of bundled user and system management tools
• Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition (with development license)
• StarOfficeTM 8.0 productivity suite
• Solaris Software Companion CD of popular freeware
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