From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 20 06:33:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA28820 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 06:33:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA28815; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 06:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA09358; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:52:22 +0200 (MET DST) To: dg@root.com cc: Nate Williams , Don Yuniskis , freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: old sec dists? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 19 Aug 1996 17:29:02 PDT." <199608200029.RAA00371@root.com> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:52:22 +0200 Message-ID: <9356.840523942@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199608200029.RAA00371@root.com>, David Greenman writes: >>There was a 1.1.5.1 release on floppies, but it was released too quickly >>before the BSD lawsuit 'resolution' deadline took into effect, so WC >>wasn't able to cut a CD and distribute it before its agreement to cease >>distribution of the Net/2 code would have run out. However, the FreeBSD >>project made a net-only distribution that you probably snarfed. > > Actually, part of the agreement with USL was that we not distribute 1.1.5 >on CDROM - just a net-only release. It wasn't a matter of timing, it was >matter of USL wanting to limit the distribution. > DG ... And they got the sign wrong on that decision :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.