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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:55:46 +0200 (MES)
From:      Martin Heller <mheller@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More on the Intel-UNIX standard
Message-ID:  <Pine.A32.3.95.980921140534.216838B-100000@aixd1.rhrk.uni-kl.de>
In-Reply-To: <19980921133218.15796@follo.net>

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Has anybody looked at the specs ?? 
The some preliminary specs are available from 
ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/pub/hp_stds/udi/docs.html
UDI will be a SOURCE CODE level (it's explicitly stated) compatible, not
BINARY (prove-of-concept prototype completed on 6 OS)  
The UDI-prohject started in 1995 ( fist archived RFC 1/3/95) and there
is also source in the specs for a pointing device driver based on UDI.
There is a also nice document describing the license matter of the spec:

[quote start]
Participation in the specification process includes a number of OS vendors
and IHVs, and is open to new participants at any time.

2. Intellectual Property 
The specification is intended to be publicly available for implementation
by anyone, whether or not they are participants in the working group.

The definition of any specification developed by the working group will be
placed in the public domain, not subject to copyright, patent or any 
other intellectual property right, so that any party may implement or
utilize the specification. However, any party may develop and assert
intellectual property rights over a particular implementation of the
interface.
[quote end]

Shouldn't core ask someone to go to the meetings of the project?
Revision 0.85 is anticipated for Oct 1998 (freeze of core interface)
and Rev 0.90 for Jan 1999.

MARTIN


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