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Solaris 8  News Solaris 8 : News : Solaris source code is available without fee
Posted: ( Mon 5th Aug 2002 09:21:13[AM] UTC )
Source code for the Solaris operating system
is available without a fee. It probably doesn\'t
qualify as Open Source as defined by Bruce Perens
but might still be of interest to readers.
Solaris 8 : News : Return Of The GNOME
Posted: ( Wed 27th Feb 2002 08:14:37[AM] UTC )
It\'s not \"Lord of the Rings\" but this is certainly a fellowship. Ximian, Inc., Wipro, and Sun Microsystems Monday say they will jointly develop an open source desktop environment for the Solaris Operating Environment (OE) based on the upcoming GNOME 2.0.
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Name
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Solaris 8
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Official site
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http://www.sun.com/solaris/binaries/
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Download from
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http://www.sun.com/solaris/binaries/get.html
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License
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Solaris 8 BCL
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FAQ
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http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/faq.html
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Description
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Sun is making the binary (runtime) version of its Solaris 8 Operating Environment available to everyone who accepts the terms of the Solaris 8 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; you only pay $75 (U.S.) plus shipping for the media kit, which contains the software.
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Development Status
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This is a very mature project. Actively developed and supported.
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