[TUHS] SCO removed the anchient UNIX offer web page

Warren Toomey wkt at tuhs.org
Fri Jun 20 09:56:52 AEST 2003


On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 04:35:39PM -0700, Kenneth Stailey wrote:
> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/ancient-unix/
> 
> The SOURCE CODE PRODUCTS to which SCO grants rights under this AGREEMENT are
> restricted to the following UNIX Operating Systems, including SUCCESSOR
> OPERATING SYSTEMs, that operate on the 16-Bit PDP-11 CPU and early versions of
> the 32-Bit UNIX Operating System with specific exclusion of UNIX System V and
> successor operating systems:
> 
> 16-Bit UNIX Editions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 32-bit 32V
> 
> Click ACCEPT to proceed.
> 	
> [Buttons still work, in fact I just got my copy of Sys III :) ]


I would be very careful here. At the very least, the contract doesn't
explicitly cover SysIII, although you could argue that it is a
SUCCESSOR OPERATING SYSTEM. And the Caldera license explicitly forbids
SysIII.

	Warren


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