Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 16:02:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: MINIX license change (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004081601130.517-100000@propro.freebeastie.org>
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For those who rejoice in "victories" of the BSD license: linux
precursor is now under it... :-)
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Marc Schneiders --- marc@venster.nl --- marc@dotje.com
FreeBSD propro.freebeastie.org 5.0-CURRENT
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 12:13:50 -0400
From: Al Woodhull <aswNS@helios.hampshire.edu>
Reply-To: "Al Woodhull (Amherst)" <awoodhull@helios.hampshire.edu>
To: MINIX-L@listserv.nodak.edu
Subject: MINIX license change
[Forwarded from comp.os.minix -- headers follow text]
Better late than never. I finally got permission from Prentice Hall to
change the MINIX license to the BSD license. The lawyers sort of sat on
this for two years.
Anyway, the new license conditions are below. These are the same as for
Berkeley UNIX. It seems to me better for the users than GPL since there
is no requirement to provide source code. MINIX is much smaller than Linux
and might well be suitable as the operating system for a watch, camera, or
transistor radio. The manufacturer of, say, a watch might really not want
to provide a CD-ROM with the source code with each watch or even a web site
with the source code, as being too much trouble. The new MINIX license says
you can distribute source if you want to, but you don't have to. At this
point, for most intents and purposes, MINIX is effectively no different
than being in the public domain. You can do whatever you want with it.
Sorry for the long delay. I had hoped this would happen earlier.
As I mentioned before, there might well be an interesting future for MINIX
on very low-end embedded devices where tiny size is important. What is
also important is that MINIX is fairly modular. If you don't need the
file system, just remove it.
Andy Tanenbaum
ast@cs.vu.nl
------------------------ New MINIX license --------------------------------
Copyright (c) 1987,1997, Prentice Hall
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use of the MINIX operating system in source and
binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
with the distribution.
* Neither the name of Prentice Hall nor the names of the software
authors or contributors may be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without specific prior
written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, AUTHORS, AND
CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL PRENTICE HALL OR ANY AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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From: Andy Tanenbaum <ast@cs.vu.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: MINIX license change
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 12:16:47 GMT
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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Summary: MINIX is now available under the BSD license
Keywords: license
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| Albert S. Woodhull |
| Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
| awoodhull@hampshire.edu |
| http://minix1.hampshire.edu/asw/ |
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