Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:11:27 -0600 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, "jcedmondson@edmolaw.com" <jcedmondson@edmolaw.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flexfax / Hylafax 1993-1994 - authored by Sam Leffler, etc Message-ID: <52F0221F.3070306@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <52F021A2.7050701@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <1351264159.11534.1391465174889.open-xchange@mailxchange.1and1.com> <52F021A2.7050701@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 02/03/2014 05:09 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 03/02/2014 22:06, jcedmondson@edmolaw.com wrote: >> I am working on a patent litigation case where it appears the flexfax/hylafax >> source from the 93-95 time frame may serve a prior art. Would you >> happen to have a copy of that source available and/or know someone who does? >> >> I represent a small defendant based out of the Denver area and any assistance >> you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > Sam Leffler is certainly a name well known to members of this project. > > I don't think hylafax was ever part of the base system -- FreeBSD itself > -- instead it would have been in the FreeBSD ports collection. > > A quick check into the history here: > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/comms/hylafax/Makefile?view=log > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/comms/hylafax/Makefile?view=log&log_pagestart=100 > > shows we've had Hylafax in the ports collection since 1995, and the > comments there indicate we used to have Flexfax in the collection > previously to that. > > The ports collection does not contain source code to Hylafax itself; > rather it is a set of instructions for downloading and compiling that > source code on a FreeBSD system. Unfortunately it is rather unlikely > that any hylafax sourcecode would still be floating around since that > date -- unless someone just happened to keep some old tarballs for > 20-odd years? > > You might try asking on the freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list: > you're more likely to find some of the people who were around in 1995 or > earlier through that list than anywhere else I can think of. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > I did find this and forwarded it on to the OP: ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/fax/source/ -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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