Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:49:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: postmaster@yggdrasil.com: Yggdrasil Product Information Message-ID: <199508300049.RAA04908@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199508290641.IAA17364@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Aug 29, 95 08:41:24 am
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> > As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > Basically what our old `whereis' command did. I don't like the extra > > > blubber above (e.g. running file(1) on the executable), but i really > > > loved to have a command that was pointing at the location of the > > > source and man page as well as the binary. Are there any reasons to > > > stick with the crippled 4.4 version? > > > > Not that I can see. I'd be happy to see a more featureful version! > > Are there any legal problems with re-importing the Net2 code here? As > far as i can see, this program originated at Berkeley: Yes, there are some very big legal problems here, the agreement with USL states ``cease all use of Net/2'' once the 4.4 LIte tape is avaliable. Do NOT import any Net/2 code. Or, be prepared to suffer the wrath of Rod, who would then have to stop using FreeBSD due to legal circumstances. :-). We already have code in there that puts me in legal jeopordy, as well as WC itself. (Ie, any file with a sccs ID that indicates it came from Net/2 (ie 5.*) is technically a violation of the USL/AAC/WC aggrements). This does not mean that _you_ can't use the Net/2 code, it just means that Walnut Creek, and myself can not use it in any form, nor can we distribute it. Someone not bound by an agreement with USL can do anything they so desire with Net/2. I would like to ask that anyone finding Net/2 sccs'id's on files in our source tree to do what they can to eratticate them, many came from foolish copying of the 1.1.5.1 files covered by the UCB copyright that where released as part of 4.4 and should have been brought forward as deltas instead of wholesale copies. (src/etc and src/share/mk are 2 large examples). -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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