From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 19:32:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2245106567E for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:32:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@vereshagin.org) Received: from mx1.skyriver.ru (ns1.skyriver.ru [89.108.118.221]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DC18FC18 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:32:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [199.30.136.111]) by mx1.skyriver.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7DFAF5B0D for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:09:07 +0400 (MSD) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:32:40 +0400 From: Peter Vereshagin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110616193240.GQ5630@external.screwed.box> References: <4DF9174F.50708@danskdatacenter.dk> <20110615210830.GB23541@gmail.com> <20110616125219.GK5630@external.screwed.box> <4DFA03A3.8090500@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20110616183007.GA68867@guilt.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110616183007.GA68867@guilt.hydra> Organization: ' X-Face: 8T>{1owI$Byj]]a; ^G]kRf*dkq>E-3':F>4ODP[#X4s"dr?^b&2G@'3lukno]A1wvJ_L(~u 6>I2ra/<,j1%@C[LN=>p#_}RIV+#:KTszp-X$bQOj,K Subject: Re: free sco unix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:32:51 -0000 You can't take no for an answer, freebsd-questions! 2011/06/16 12:30:07 -0600 Chad Perrin => To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : CP> * The UNIX source code's copyright is held by . . . damn. It keeps I always told this name is a kind of Black Label. Companies to hold it use to meet fatal troubles, even if it's not a trademark ownership, e. g., in the case of Sun. CP> For any of the above to be called UNIX, it must meet the Open Group's CP> certification standards and (more importantly) have some certification CP> fee paid, as I understand it. I believe Linus, on some stage, wouldn't refuse to certify his 'minix clone' in the case it was for free. In his 'Just for fun' he tells he was following by Solaris specs, so the well-known truth he started it from scratch may appear to be not the all the truth in terms of legacy? Anyway the price of 'unix certification' service from the open group seem to be deeper than I can challenge, is it normal? Meanwhile, the same thing from LMI, the 'sublicensing' of the trademarks, even up to internet domains required in certain cases, seem to be paid in certain cases but there is no price I can find. What a dark forest is all that legal thing... 73! Peter pgp: A0E26627 (4A42 6841 2871 5EA7 52AB 12F8 0CE1 4AAC A0E2 6627) -- http://vereshagin.org