Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:33:32 +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: <20030619090332.GO93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3EF17471.36CC59B9@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> <20030619003054.GC93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3EF17471.36CC59B9@mindspring.com>
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--wYx7iHgGHd1LEkZJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, 19 June 2003 at 1:29:37 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> 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. > > Yes. I always spell his name wrong. > >> He got into a lot of trouble for that, and I doubt he would have >> got away with it in the USA. > > Really? Can you point to the signed non-disclosure agreement > that he violated in order to publish his commentary? The U.S. > was not nearly as anal about this stuff until the 1980's. Things have got worse, yes. But certainly there was enough trouble in the 70s. >>> 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? > > UCB. But John was at UNSW. > You're in the area, aren't you? =20 For some definition of area. UNSW is about 1400 km away. But I'll be in the area in about 6 weeks time. > Why don't you ask to see the original license agreement that Lions > was under at the time of his commentary's publication. I think I'll ask Greg Rose. He might have some interesting insights. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --wYx7iHgGHd1LEkZJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+8XxkIubykFB6QiMRAo5LAKCBYtcKiAUQcZ4X5cB45Ee06RneNgCfQixV ZuigxfbKgW1mOv1TYPqqJNk= =RJoU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wYx7iHgGHd1LEkZJ--
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