From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 16:07:11 -0400 From: Steve Kotsopoulos steve@ecf.toronto.edu Subject: Faculty/license the only way to get plan 9? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 038ecc44-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19940919200711.d9jpBaByow10LZ6AgfuR0RX8RjLyDyO6dLJg343bmgA@z> Andrew Cowell wrote: > if we have to wait for all the licensing to go through our legal department, > it will probably be over a year You must have quite a legal department. I only had to wait about 2 weeks. > I seem to remember someone from the summer Usenix BOF throwing out a figure > of $50.00. Is that related to the licensing, or can we just buy it? I held the BOF at Usenix, and posted a summary, but it didn't mention $50. Here's part of the summary I posted: : A new Plan 9 distribution will be worked on this summer, but it is unclear : if it will be distributed. Please don't deluge the developers for more : information regarding the licencing and release details. : : It will have acme and a fax service, and updated versions of alef, acid & : authenticaion services. The PC kernel now supports sound boards. : The default porting base will be for PC's instead of Sparcs and Magnums. : If legal details can be worked out, the Plan 9 developers hope that this : CD will also be released publicly, so that anyone can buy it : (again, this is what they HOPE ... no promises). The new release is still being worked on, but we haven't heard if it will be a 'public' release, or just for current licencees.