From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 3 23:11:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 133C34D4 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 23:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ozzie.tundraware.com (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1D0F1216 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 23:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by ozzie.tundraware.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s13NBRLk006403 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 3 Feb 2014 17:11:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <52F0221F.3070306@tundraware.com> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:11:27 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman , "jcedmondson@edmolaw.com" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flexfax / Hylafax 1993-1994 - authored by Sam Leffler, etc References: <1351264159.11534.1391465174889.open-xchange@mailxchange.1and1.com> <52F021A2.7050701@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <52F021A2.7050701@infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]); Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:11:27 -0600 (CST) X-TundraWare-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-TundraWare-MailScanner-ID: s13NBRLk006403 X-TundraWare-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-TundraWare-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:11:43 -0000 On 02/03/2014 05:09 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 03/02/2014 22:06, jcedmondson@edmolaw.com wrote: >> I am working on a patent litigation case where it appears the flexfax/hylafax >> source from the 93-95 time frame may serve a prior art. Would you >> happen to have a copy of that source available and/or know someone who does? >> >> I represent a small defendant based out of the Denver area and any assistance >> you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > Sam Leffler is certainly a name well known to members of this project. > > I don't think hylafax was ever part of the base system -- FreeBSD itself > -- instead it would have been in the FreeBSD ports collection. > > A quick check into the history here: > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/comms/hylafax/Makefile?view=log > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/comms/hylafax/Makefile?view=log&log_pagestart=100 > > shows we've had Hylafax in the ports collection since 1995, and the > comments there indicate we used to have Flexfax in the collection > previously to that. > > The ports collection does not contain source code to Hylafax itself; > rather it is a set of instructions for downloading and compiling that > source code on a FreeBSD system. Unfortunately it is rather unlikely > that any hylafax sourcecode would still be floating around since that > date -- unless someone just happened to keep some old tarballs for > 20-odd years? > > You might try asking on the freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list: > you're more likely to find some of the people who were around in 1995 or > earlier through that list than anywhere else I can think of. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > I did find this and forwarded it on to the OP: ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/fax/source/ -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/