[9fans] New to the list and looking for an old plan9 book/cd

[9fans] New to the list and looking for an old plan9 book/cd

[kyle]

Hi all, Im new to the list. My interest in plan9 is to get it up and
running on some of my NeXT boxes(stations, non-turbo). Things are a
bit confusing for me when it comes to the current distro, but I do see
a howto for an older plan9 release. I also found this post in the
archives:


http://9fans.net/archive/1999/03/28


So, I am looking for that kit(ISBN 003-017143-1), unless that release
is available(freely and legally) online already(then I just need a
link). But I wouldn't mind having the actual book.

Thanks in advance for any help, and I hope I can get plan9 working on
these slabs :)

Re: [9fans] New to the list and looking for an old plan9 book/cd

[Anthony Sorace]

all that information is for the second edition. the third edition
involved a pretty substantial set of internal changes. things were
improved in almost every way, but one casualty was much of the
platform support in the cpu/terminal kernel. in particular, we don't
run on the NeXT boxes any more. we still have the relevant compiler,
but i'm afraid getting the kernel working there would involve some
pretty substantial kernel programming.

the fourth (current) edition is updated regularly and is available for
download from the web site. Vita Nuova sells CDs and printed manuals.

[9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

'kyle000' provokes an interesting question: what is the status of the 2e
"registered licensees list" I fuzzily remember?

I used to have the hard copy license from the back of the bubble envelope,
but it now lives in a galaxy far far away.

--lyndon

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[Lawrence E. Bakst]

I happen to have the license in front of me, what do you want to know?

At 8:28 PM -0700 4/27/09, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>'kyle000' provokes an interesting question: what is the status of the 2e "registered licensees list" I fuzzily remember?
>
>I used to have the hard copy license from the back of the bubble envelope, but it now lives in a galaxy far far away.
>
>--lyndon

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> I happen to have the license in front of me, what do you want to know?

I recall there was a "registry" of 2e license holders. For those of us
wanting to swap code restricted by the old Labs 2e license, it was the way
to determine if the proposed recipient was a valid license holder.

Again, this is all a rather fuzzy memory ...

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[Steve Simon]

I think the vital piece of paper is the business reply / product registration
card which has your unique license ID number on it, rather than the license text
(which is here /n/sources/contrib/steve/historic/2nd-edition/LICENSE).

My memory was that patches where exchanged in xor'ed with  9pc from the
distribution cdrom to ensure they where obscured - an interesting example
of encryption with a one time pad.

-Steve

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> I think the vital piece of paper is the business reply / product
> registration
> card which has your unique license ID number on it,

Apparently I was thinking of the SCO Ancient UNIX license. The 2e
Plan9 license came with the books that were the product code we all
had to order. The CDs came with the books.

I forget who the publisher was. Anyway, my 2e license is the CD set I
own (with floppies). All I'm asking about is if the license exchange
still exists for those of us who used to require one.

--lyndon

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[erik quanstrom]

> of encryption with a one time pad.

s/one time //

- erik

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[Steve Simon]

>> of encryption with a one time pad.

> s/one time //

Indeed, I stand corrected.

-Steve

Re: [9fans] The Olde 2e 'worthies' ... ?

[lucio]

> I used to have the hard copy license from the back of the bubble envelope,
> but it now lives in a galaxy far far away.

I still have mine.  And I don't plan to part with it, either :-)

++L