[TUHS] Release of 8th, 9th and 10th Editions Unix

[Warren Toomey]

All, today after some heroic efforts by numerous people over many years,
Nokia-Alcatel has issued this statement at
https://media-bell-labs-com.s3.amazonaws.com/pages/20170327_1602/statement%20regarding%20Unix%203-7-17.pdf

Statement Regarding Research Unix Editions 8, 9, and 10
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (“ALU-USA”), on behalf of itself and Nokia
Bell Laboratories agrees, to the extent of its ability to do so, that it
will not assert its copyright rights with respect to any non-commercial
copying, distribution, performance, display or creation of derivative
works of Research Unix®1 Editions 8, 9, and 10. The foregoing does not
(i) transfer ownership of, or relinquish any, intellectual property rights
(including patent rights) of Nokia Corporation, ALU-USA or any of their
affiliates, (ii) grant a license to any patent, patent application,
or trademark of Nokia Corporation, ALU-USA. or any of their affiliates,
(iii) grant any third-party rights or licenses, or (iv) grant any rights
for commercial purposes. Neither ALU-USA. nor Nokia Bell Laboratories will
furnish or provided support for Research Unix Editions 8, 9, and 10, and
make no warranties or representations hereunder, including but not limited
to any warranty or representation that Research Unix Editions 8, 9, and
10 does not infringe any third party intellectual property rights or that
Research Unix Editions 8, 9, and 10 is fit for any particular purpose.

There are some issues around the copyright of third party material in
8th, 9th and 10th Editions Unix, but I'm going to bite the bullet and
make them available in the Unix Archive. I'll post details later today.

Cheers, Warren
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