From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Bobby Dimmette Message-ID: <3A771429.285EDFEA@bell-labs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20010130143011.80D1C199E6@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Running Version 2 along with Version 3 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:20:07 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 558848f8-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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