On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:

HP/UX is an SVR3 & OSF/1 ancester. Solaris is SVR4. In fact it was the SVR4 license and deal between Sun and AT&T) that forced the whole OSF creation. One of the "principles" of the OSF was "Fair and Stable" license terms.

Which begs a question - since Solaris was SVR4 based and was made freely available via OpenSolaris et al, does that not make SVR4 open? I'm not a lawyer (nor play one on TV), but it does seem like that sets some sort of precedent.

I hope not to hijack the thread, but those are interesting tidbits of info, there, Clem. Are these strategic license moves chronicled anywhere at the moment? It'd be interesting to read exactly who sued whom, who asked for permission vs. who begged for forgiveness, etc.

thx

jake