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From: Bobby Dimmette <bjd@bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Running Version 2 along with Version 3
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:20:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A771429.285EDFEA@bell-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010130143011.80D1C199E6@mail.cse.psu.edu>

And how would all of this be affected or complicated by the fact that you can now
get limited use Solaris source code licenses for $75?

rob pike wrote:

> > I'm also somewhat curious to know if there would be any ramifications of using
> > the 2nd ed sources as a base for 3rd ed work...
>
> As I've said here several times before, the 2nd edition contains material
> that was released under the conditions of its license, which included a
> transfer of money.  The 3rd edition has a different, cost-free, open-source
> license.  Some things, such as the sources for SGI and SUN machines,
> were excluded from the 3rd edition because we didn't have permission
> to release it under its license terms.
>
> You need a 2nd edition license to get the SUN material, and once you've
> got it you can't expect any work based on it to be included in updates to the
> 3rd edition because we don't have the rights to release it that way.
>
> I'm not even sure how to get a 2nd edition license now.  There were a
> limited number of CDs printed and they're sold out and the publisher
> who was handling the payment doesn't offer it any more.
>
> -rob


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-01-31 10:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-30 14:30 rob pike
2001-01-30 14:59 ` Mike Acar
2001-01-30 18:23   ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-30 18:42     ` Mike Acar
2001-01-30 18:43     ` Christian Smith
2001-01-31 10:20 ` Bobby Dimmette [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-31 15:07 rob pike
2001-01-30 21:41 geoff
2001-01-30 19:24 forsyth
2001-01-30 10:51 forsyth
2001-01-30 14:23 ` Mike Acar
2001-01-29 19:35 rob pike
2000-06-20 14:51 presotto
2001-01-29 18:30 ` splite
2001-01-29 18:52   ` Mike Acar
2001-01-29 19:29     ` Boyd Roberts
2000-06-20 13:58 Bill Gunshannon

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