SGI IRIX licenses?

[James Rice]

On 6/1/07, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/1/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
> > I've not installed IRIX from scratch before.  I recently purchased
> > some install media from ebay and the item description said "does not
> > include licenses".  Is this boiler plate disclaimer, or am I still
> > needing something else to install the OS?  Another item on ebay says
> > it *does* include licenses.  Is there some sort of license key?
> > Does SGI have a hobbyist/deprecated-ware license available?
>
> I'm not aware of any SGI hobbyist program, but I've also not installed
> any version of IRIX that asked for a license key, either.
>

There is no hobbyist program but Sgi turns a blind eye to hobbyist's use of
Irix for non-commercial uses.  There is no license key needed to install and
the m-stream updates for 6.5 to 6.5.23 are available for download at sgi.com
with a free Supportfolio account.

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