Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:52:22 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: old sec dists? Message-ID: <9356.840523942@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Aug 1996 17:29:02 PDT." <199608200029.RAA00371@root.com>
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In message <199608200029.RAA00371@root.com>, David Greenman writes: >>There was a 1.1.5.1 release on floppies, but it was released too quickly >>before the BSD lawsuit 'resolution' deadline took into effect, so WC >>wasn't able to cut a CD and distribute it before its agreement to cease >>distribution of the Net/2 code would have run out. However, the FreeBSD >>project made a net-only distribution that you probably snarfed. > > Actually, part of the agreement with USL was that we not distribute 1.1.5 >on CDROM - just a net-only release. It wasn't a matter of timing, it was >matter of USL wanting to limit the distribution. > DG ... And they got the sign wrong on that decision :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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