Da dodam, imamo sličnu situaciju, recimo, u vezi sa Javom.
Kada je Oracle kupio Sun i Javu sa njim, ništa posebno nije menjao u licencnim pravima.
Ali pogledaj bilo koju distribuciju Linux-a. Ni jedna nema Oracle Java nego Open Java implementaciju Jave. Oracle je jedno vreme dozvoljavao da se na Linuxe stavlja Oracle Java, a onda je povukao dozvolu.
Ti, kao pojedinac ili organizacija, možeš da skineš Oracle Java i staviš na bilo koji Linux, ali da bi to uradio, moraš da imaš OTN nalog, da klikneš na I Agree i skineš paket.
Onda malo proučiš šta si pristao i vidiš da je u Oracle Java uključeno i nešto što ne smeš da koristiš (najčešće ni ne koristiš), ali ako slučajno ili namerno iskoristiš neku od biblioteka koje se ekskluzivno pojavljuju u Oracle Java repozitorijumu, Oracle može da ti oguli kožu sa leđa.
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2. LICENSE TO USE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement including, but not limited to, the Java Technology Restrictions of the Supplemental License Terms, Oracle grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license without license fees to reproduce and use internally the Software complete and unmodified for the sole purpose of running Programs. THE LICENSE SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 2 DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE COMMERCIAL FEATURES. YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL FEATURES ARE AS SET FORTH IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LICENSES FOR DEVELOPERS AND PUBLISHERS.
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A. COMMERCIAL FEATURES. You may not use the Commercial Features for running Programs, Java applets or applications in your internal business operations or for any commercial or production purpose, or for any purpose other than as set forth in
Sections B, C, D and E of these Supplemental Terms. If You want to use the Commercial Features for any purpose other than as permitted in this Agreement, You must obtain a separate license from Oracle.
Uglavnom, mečku možeš da rodiš dok ne otkriješ šta su to "COMMERCIAL FEATURES" koje ne smeš da koristiš.