Re: [TUHS] A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award - TUHS

26 May 2015


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    On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Clem Cole &lt;clemc(a)ccc.com
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    <mailto:clemc@ccc.com <mailto: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. 
This is indeed an interesting question. During the IBM vs SCO debacle,
IBM requested the use of TMGE to be used as an example for proof of
how the SVR4 kernel algorithms were already out in the public domain
and thus set the precedent. And this was also (eventually) approved by
AT&T for publication.