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Subject: Re: HEADSUP:  ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history
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On Sat, 2004-Jun-26 19:45:03 +0300, Alex Keahan wrote:
>The Java source code is available.   The source code to Solaris 8 has
>also been available for several years now.    Ok, so it's not BSD-licensed,
>but it's certainly good enough to find the proper remedy to improve the
>failing SVR4 compatibility code instead of axing it.

Given the current SCO vs everyone else legal battles, anyone who works
on OSS should probably think very carefully about looking at the
Solaris 8 source code.

-- 
Peter Jeremy