Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 21:00:22 -0700 From: wes@intele.net To: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD be used in a commercial way? Message-ID: <199603220400.VAA01323@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <199603200656.WAA08220@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199603200656.WAA08220@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Jeffrey Hsu writes:
> I thought the crucial difference was that Sun only got the rights to the
> current version of SVR4, whereas SCO got the rights to the current and
> future versions of SVR4, no?
Sun got the right to the then-current SVR4, and "derived works" --
their own future versions. SCO got the same thing, plus the people
and facilities that used to be USL. Sun probably didn't want that.
;^)
X/Open got the right to define what "UNIX" is, and who can use the
trademark.
--
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Softweyr | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder
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