Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 03:45:15 +0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1-R cvs repo archive? Message-ID: <20040511194515.GA842@frontfree.net> In-Reply-To: <20040509064117.GA58822@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20040508171031.GA637@frontfree.net> <20040509045606.49264.qmail@web50902.mail.yahoo.com> <20040509064117.GA58822@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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--AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 04:41:17PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > As part of the BSD vs AT&T settlement, all the *BSD releases had > to move to the 4.4BSD/lite distribution. In the case of FreeBSD, > 1.x was "encumbered" and had to be expunged from the repository. > FreeBSD 2.x was developed from 4.4BSD/lite in a separate CVS > repository (hence the 'n'). Yes. This happens to NetBSD, too, and it seems that they expunged these "encumbered" revisions from their repository directly. > Since SCO (in a previous incarnation) released the old Unix source > code, the FreeBSD 1.x repository could probably now be legally > made available. A number of FreeBSD old-timers have admitted to > still having copies of the 1.x repository but I don't know that > anyone has put it up on the WEB. (Even if the FreeBSD project > doesn't want to put it up, I suspect The Unix Historical Society > would be happy to add it to their archives). I have a 1.1.5.1-RELEASE tarball, however, not the 1.x CVS repository. Is it still possible to get a copy of the old CVS tree somewhere? Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij frontfree net> http://www.delphij.net/ See complete headers for GPG key and other information. --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAoS1LOfuToMruuMARAjznAJ99PBKCcZ3lEpekSK7GSSWOrtN7ZQCcCs85 5YfZI10bUwGhlLiSyDB0Ee8= =BROk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA--
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