Accessing Third-Party Notice and License Information

This section describes how to access third-party license information from an installed system or from the installation media.

How to Access Third-Party Notice and License Information From an Installed System

1. Log in to an Oracle Solaris 10 system.
2. In a terminal window, change to the pkg directory.

   # cd /var/sadm/pkg

3. (Optional) List the packages in the pkg directory.

   # ls

4. View the notice and license information for a specific package in the pkg directory.

   # cat pkgname/install/copyright

   For example, to display the notice and license information for the SUNWzip package, you would type the following command:

   # cat SUNWzip/install/copyright

How to Access Third-Party Notice and License Information From the Installation Media

1. Insert the installation DVD into a drive.
2. Log in to the Oracle Solaris 10 system.
3. In a terminal window, change to the CD-ROM Product directory.

   # cd /cdrom/solaris-release-name/Solaris_10/Product/

   solaris-release-name defines the Oracle Solaris release, for example, sol_10_508_sparc.

4. (Optional) List the packages in the Product directory.

   # ls

5. View the notice and license information for a specific package in the Product directory.

   # cat pkgname/install/copyright

   For example, to display the notice and license information for the SUNWzip package, you would type the following command:

   # cat SUNWzip/install/copyright