From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 21 05:56:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA01471 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 05:56:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de (sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de [131.246.137.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA01448 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 05:56:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mheller@rhrk.uni-kl.de) Received: from aix12.rhrk.uni-kl.de ( aix12.rhrk.uni-kl.de [131.246.137.12] ) by sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de id aa13197 for ; 21 Sep 98 14:56 MESZ Received: from aixd1.rhrk.uni-kl.de(really [131.246.137.210]) by aix12.rhrk.uni-kl.de via smtpd with smtp id for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:55:49 +0200 (MES) (Smail-3.2.0.95 1997-May-7 #6 built 1997-Sep-24) Received: from localhost by aixd1.rhrk.uni-kl.de via sendmail with smtp id for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:55:46 +0200 (MES) (Smail-3.2.0.95 1997-May-7 #6 built 1997-Sep-24) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:55:46 +0200 (MES) From: Martin Heller To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More on the Intel-UNIX standard In-Reply-To: <19980921133218.15796@follo.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message