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Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 12:44:24 +0200
From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Subject: learn(1)?
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I wonder what's the deal with <subject>.  There has been a question in
Usenet, and even somebody who would like to contribute texts for it.
So well, i went out to see how the original learn(1) looked like, and
our old AIX 3.2.5 actually still had it.  Much to my surprise, the
data files are:

#
#  COMPONENT_NAME: (CMDMAN) commands that allow users to read online
#                  documentation                                    
#                  
#  FUNCTIONS:      
#
#  ORIGINS: 27
#
#  Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
#  All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
#  specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.       
#  

#next
0.01a 10


So now i wonder whether we would legally be allowed to use these files
directly?  I can't find any traces on FTP servers, the closest was a
tree of 4.3-Reno somewhere in .uk land but with empty directories for
learn.  Does anybody know whom to approach to inquire about the actual
status?  I think learn(1) has never been part of any AT&T Unix, so
they should not claim any rights on it either.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)