From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB1E23D0E for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:41:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408DC4311C; Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:40:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-x1031.google.com (mail-pj1-x1031.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1031]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3987F43112 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:40:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-x1031.google.com with SMTP id 98e67ed59e1d1-29bfc3ca816so1979058a91.0 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:40:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1710513652; x=1711118452; darn=tuhs.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=KOHhl4C93AaaxQ+RIJs//2muT4dJcjif30eFCpc4arA=; b=Baa6zkIupt89Lsik29kUDFo44bCDrS42LlUNLvIi4EqCGPOQPcykBBfItBLh5P9zXa ft3vLrOiqvoR0E9fqJvHrRlCT0teAj7zSxIi3S/CTfvcy3qRNvA7Z1zpkB4OPOAT7C65 jjzXpH00ioX+Z+J61sEt1eNQJ+9ExWZrXNQLz//Sd0lwFXc7Dq/MRBwxoQk42kr+o6Tf 9uLFWM/Hk8cY27RyzucCGtyf0vGw1EWWIgDdd5I+Am6c+ADa76mtUAEm+X9xtkvdp3xp Krz0VGX1vacugU6enraRNQ2v3PgkcIhk6NN4nW/kSkYV2Q3SseVptsUBGeVp+b+73XKK Laeg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1710513652; x=1711118452; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=KOHhl4C93AaaxQ+RIJs//2muT4dJcjif30eFCpc4arA=; b=DAJGzh9v1UPeAu2lKilPJqnulA66XxI83IlQSIOvwgBKysU1da/Bwj5ztDrIQEDH5M +imGx9mkvXI4ihn11DtHL7ZK0wgwTHoxWe2yZIhfnxnZjfOgNXnuW9ak+WXAMuoByB6v 8aWbL8Y7OjpLWYSaf6aRxMoKRq4yb8KuxafilZV3QmJQ+unoYGPreHtrzpLpO1Yciirv QM73aMUaf8kwXzAcy6l5WzXLpbjOWye2VP7CLQfIOfJn6JEj0dNYTGbt9rdYbQPRrxSr me+AO5Otk06mZojUu5m7ZzlmSBbusaNyI3x53DNTFlVkr8xQZPCSjlxS9QsitZPPcd0l GSog== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yx/uCQI/d+E2xmTlU7ewhy/rlrTMnxQ3rKXCgoRYr1rClHaQjqi +a1gcWgZbbfM/fOo6FoXQGw25EqGIaNelBlFf1fDTf3sMbSUYrJFhz7rV8ZH9C/txNVWRJACfxI IS6K+YePiJUEnmqCXpRoq03iy7TA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IG7MA4MG+gUhkTWlSFTM2DplQ6fIvyL5apbrHFTkgSUYo7E/XzSBb6lBJ4e5ZGBUYJ0BwUz3V22H7/vZ+MIb/Y= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:eac9:b0:299:87ba:8a2 with SMTP id ev9-20020a17090aeac900b0029987ba08a2mr3197431pjb.41.1710513652579; Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:40:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4999eb0b-e0e5-4a79-b14f-77d17995f454@osta.com> In-Reply-To: From: Paul Winalski Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:40:42 -0400 Message-ID: To: Rob Pike Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a547bd0613b3fef1" Message-ID-Hash: 57PIVDT263BUFUMOXT6PEAVUYQLBZZ6Z X-Message-ID-Hash: 57PIVDT263BUFUMOXT6PEAVUYQLBZZ6Z X-MailFrom: paul.winalski@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: The Mark Williams Company and Coherent List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000a547bd0613b3fef1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 3:00=E2=80=AFAM Rob Pike wrote: > Another detail. There was lawyerly concern about the code being stolen > > There were similar issues at DEC when we ported VAX Fortran to Ultrix. Especially with the port of the VMS linker, the piece of the project I worked on. We had a member of the Ultrix team writing the code to convert VMS object file debug information to a.out STABs, but other than that the team doing the port stayed clear of the Ultrix sources. -Paul W. --000000000000a547bd0613b3fef1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 3:00=E2=80=AFAM R= ob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> = wrote:
= Another detail. There was lawyerly concern about the code being stolen

There were similar issues at DEC when we porte= d VAX Fortran to Ultrix.=C2=A0 Especially with the port of the VMS linker, = the piece of the project I worked on.=C2=A0 We had a member of the Ultrix t= eam writing the code to convert VMS object file debug information to a.out = STABs, but other than that the team doing the port stayed clear of the Ultr= ix sources.

-Paul W.
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