Hello, can anyone please elaborate on Solaris CBE licensing for porting commercial software to this platform. I looked at its licensing terms https://www.oracle.com/downloads/licenses/solaris-ea-license.html
The terms seem to be quite vague, specifically:
Oracle grants You a revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited license to internally (a) use three (3) copies of the binary portions of the Oracle Technology, subject to the restrictions stated in this Agreement, solely for the purpose of non-production and non-commercial evaluation and testing of the Oracle Technology, including developing no more than a single prototype of each of Your applications.
The way it reads to me is as follows:
- Specifically Solaris CBE and any software it contains, can be evaluated and tested for non-production and non-commercial use. This is what the license referrers to as “Oracle Technology”.
- Multiple applications can be developed on Solaris CBE, but only for a single prototype of each application. This does not state whether applications can be commercial, open source, or if they fall under any other licensing restrictions. Also the distinction between multiple applications and a single prototype seems a bit blurry.
I would like to port a small commercial software application to Solaris OS. I don't consider this as “commercial use of Oracle technology”, since Oracle had nothing to do with the development of this application. However, I'm not quite sure if the Oracle early adopter licensing terms allow me to compile commercial software applications on Solaris CBE. It seems like it is not explicitly prohibited, although the license language seems to be deliberately vague.
Is my understanding of Solaris CBE licensing terms and conditions correct, or did I misinterpret anything?
Thanks.