Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:46:25 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ksh93 Message-ID: <20010304184625.A19202@hamlet.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <97uj2b$2k3$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>; from naddy@mips.inka.de on Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 11:28:11PM %2B0000 References: <20010303091958.A68223@spawn.nectar.com> <200103031650.f23GoWS12086@cwsys.cwsent.com> <97uj2b$2k3$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 11:28:11PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Considering the AT&T license, is this even an option? The actual > license text is impenetrable for me, but here are some excerpts > from <URL:http://www.research.att.com/~gsf/download/faq.license.html>: I don't pretend to understand it, either. However, in a Slashdot interview, David Korn said: The primary drawback to ksh has been that it was proprietary. This has recently changed however. The new AT&T open source license allows ksh source and binaries to be shipped as part of the system and is now just beginning to start showing up in Linux systems; for example the latest slackware. The source or binary for over a dozen architectures can be downloaded from (http://www.research.att.com/sw/download). Hopefully other systems will start shipping ksh93 and start using this for /bin/sh as well. So although I don't understand the license, I think David's intent is pretty clear. Should we decide that importing ksh93 is worthwhile (as I think it would be), then I think it would be prudent to ask David or AT&T for a statement just to be on the safe side. > There is also a termination clause. That might be more trouble. Personally I don't think such clauses hold much water, but some reasonable people disagree. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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