Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ3 -->> RaQ4 with OS..?

["cbtrussell" <cbtrussell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Well, I am no attorney, but I don't think copyright infringement is
relevant
> since I nor anyone here is attempting to make their software our own. The
> ISO is freely downloadable via public ftp, so in theory if you have
> purchased one of Cobalt's products and you need to restore the OS AND
there
> is  more than 1 choice of OS that will work on your unit I think there
> really isn't much to discuss...again, I am not an attorney but it's not
like
> I am installing it on my Dell box..which wouldn't work anyway. But really,
> what is the difference in downloading the 5.0 OS and placing it on a RaQ4
or
> the 6.0 on a RaQ3? Would that be wrong? What if I place a 450Mhz CPU in a
> RaQ3 and install the 6.0 OS, other than SN's, what is the difference?
> Practically speaking of course.
>
> Now, as far as selling OS restore CD's, which I do, I AM NOT selling the
> software, it's not mine to sell, I am merely charging for my time and
> materials to produce a CD that someone either lacks the knowledge or
energy
> to create. You are buying my CD, knowledge and labor, nothing more. If I
was
> trying to remarket the OS as Brad's New Fangled Blunix software, which I
am
> not, well that would be a different story.
>
> Interesting discussion btw.....I have been curious about what the list
might
> think.

If you are considering responding to this thread, please don't. It's an
established fact that Sun will turn a blind eye toward an individual
restoring their own RaQ with whatever software they want, as long as the
machine itself is always bought/sold/leased/etc. by its hardware
configuration. It's also a established fact if you attempt to market a RaQ
by anything other than its factory hardware configuration, Sun will slap you
hard.

If you want enjoy a healthy discussion on the merits of the license
agreement from a bunch of non-lawyers, please search the archives for a
lengthy thread from about 2 or 3 months back. It even includes the Dell
example  ;)

Nothing personal Brad, but no sense in revisiting traveled ground.

Brandon