From owner-freebsd-chat Tue May 4 8:53:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ren.detir.qld.gov.au (ns.detir.qld.gov.au [203.46.81.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CBFB14F7B for ; Tue, 4 May 1999 08:53:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.detir.qld.gov.au; id BAA01723; Wed, 5 May 1999 01:53:07 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.detir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) by ren.detir.qld.gov.au via smap (4.1) id xma001714; Wed, 5 May 99 01:52:49 +1000 Received: from atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (atlas.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA18565 for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 01:52:46 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (nymph.detir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA23247 for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 01:52:43 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (localhost.detir.qld.gov.au [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.detir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA11924; Wed, 5 May 1999 01:52:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199905041552.BAA11924@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au Subject: Personal Unix Source Code License Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 01:52:42 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi! I'm hoping some of the Personal Unix Source Code Licensees are on this list. If not, then maybe more of you should buy one. :-) Check out http://www.sco.com/offers/ancient_unix.html if none of this makes any sense. Then try http://www.mckusick.com/csrg/index.html to find out why I want the license. I just wanted to get a few opinions before I signed anything. Is anybody worried about "taint"? Back when USL was out to squash BSD, AT&T claimed that just seeing the code infected your mind with their intellectual property, and they wanted to put your brain in quarantine! The long and boring SCO agreement seems pretty tame, but I don't read these things often and might have missed something. I've had a few giggles over how I would reply if SCO ever exercised their right to know the "location, type and serial number of the DESIGNATED CPU". And the perpetually renewing 1 year agreements seem odd but harmless, unless SCO get bought out, I suppose. So, the real worry is that getting the Official (but Ancient) Unix Source might in some way inhibit my ability to engage in current day free Unix-like software development. Is it just the stuff they put in my water, or is there a valid reason for concern? Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message