From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:59:33 -0400
From: dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com
Subject: 9P as a network filesystem protocol
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  ... I guess what I'm asking is: is 9P an 'open' specification ?

Yes, it is.  You're quite free to reimplement and use the
protocol in any setting.

	Dennis Ritchie