[ Thanks to Paul
Eggert for this link. ]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. has confirmed with its customers and
partners that it has licensing rights to UNIX code, on which the
Solaris Operating System is based for both SPARC and recently
available x86 systems. In light of SCO’s legal dispute with IBM
over UNIX licensing rights, Sun announced it has absolutely no
licensing issues with SCO today.
Sun’s previous licensing agreements give Sun complete UNIX IP
rights in relation to Sun’s operating systems. This makes the
Solaris Operating System a safe choice for customers moving
forward. With the Solaris multiplatform product line, customers can
have a consistent Solaris environment from low-end x86 servers, up
to hundreds of processors, in a SPARC mainframe-class system.
Sun confirms that:
- As part of a series of licensing agreements, Sun acquired
rights to make and ship derivative products based on the
intellectual property in UNIX. This forms the foundation for the
Solaris OS that ships today. - Sun’s complete line of Solaris and Linux products–including
Solaris for the SPARC and x86 platforms, Trusted Solaris, and Sun
Linux–are covered by Sun’s portfolio of UNIX licensing
agreements. - Solaris and Sun Linux represent safe choices for those
companies that develop and deploy services based on UNIX
systems.