Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:00:54 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Interview in Byte with Chris Sontag/SCO and FUD relating toBSDsettlement agreement Message-ID: <20030619003054.GC93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3EF0331A.2F2CF1DB@mindspring.com> References: <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org> <20030617.060806.42773474.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030618023138.GE93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030617.204100.122615446.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030618034838.GJ93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3EF0331A.2F2CF1DB@mindspring.com>
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--eZmbrWU10I35niuH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 18 June 2003 at 2:38:34 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> Yes, it reminded me of that thread, but wkt was actually referring to >> System III, not 32V. > > I am also pretty certain that it was widely stated at the time > that the UCB's license was the older Western Electric license, > which is the same license which allowed Lyon's to publish his > commentary, legally, including the kernel source code. I suppose you mean John Lions. He got into a lot of trouble for that, and I doubt he would have got away with it in the USA. > While the university, proper, did obtain a more modern license, that > license could not be retroactive to change the terms of the original > license. Which university are you talking about? UCB or UNSW? > The original licenses were very lenient in their terms, since, at > the time, the 1956 consent decreee prohibited them from making money > from software sales, as part of their being a regulated monopoly at > the time. It was only later, after the breakup, that they were > permitted to profit from sales of their software. And that's when > license fees went up. There's a difference between fees and conditions. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --eZmbrWU10I35niuH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+8QQ+IubykFB6QiMRAlMnAJ9e+ntHUdaDU8tPH6IuO2KfziujaQCeKv71 L4ehVNcCjWD19K1fkI/Lv74= =xRcm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eZmbrWU10I35niuH--
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