Re: [9front] Fwd: [9fans] Transfer of Plan 9 to the Plan 9 Foundation

[hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>]

good point. originally i had wanted to write it to 9fans.
i can try another time, unless somebody with more diplomatic skills
wants to take on to nudge them about this

On 3/24/21, Marshall Conover <marzhall.o@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Hiro! Did you intend this to go to the 9fans list, or only the
> 9front list? I think it's a good idea, but I'm not sure whom you were
> proposing it to.
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:05 PM hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 9front is obviously following along as signified by ori's latest
>> commit adding the MIT and removing the LPL license.
>>
>> It would be nice to also have a link to the 9front downloads on the
>> http://p9f.org/ page as that will help many people who might want to
>> try out Plan 9 on modern hardware.
>>
>> http://9front.org/releases/
>>
>> On 3/24/21, Rodrigo G. López <rgl@antares-labs.eu> wrote:
>> > this is very good news.
>> >
>> > thanks to those of you who took part in the release. :)
>> >
>> >
>> > -rodri
>> >
>> > On March 23, 2021 2:50:25 PM UTC, Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>fyi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>-------- Original Message --------
>> >>From: a@9srv.net
>> >>Sent: March 23, 2021 9:06:49 AM EDT
>> >>To: 9fans@9fans.net
>> >>Subject: [9fans] Transfer of Plan 9 to the Plan 9 Foundation
>> >>
>> >>We are thrilled to announce that Nokia has transferred the copyright of
>> >>Plan 9 to the Plan 9 Foundation. This transfer applies to all of the
>> >>Plan 9 from Bell Labs code, from the earliest days through their final
>> >>release.
>> >>
>> >>The most exciting immediate effect of this is that the Plan 9
>> >>Foundation
>> >>is making the historical 1st through 4th editions of Plan 9 available
>> >>under the terms of the MIT license. These are the releases as they
>> >>existed at the time, with minimal changes to reflect the above.
>> >>
>> >>1st and 2nd edition were never released as open source software, and
>> >>both (but especially 1st edition) were only available to a very small
>> >>number of people. 3rd and 4th were previously available as open source,
>> >>but under a license which was problematic for some people (especially
>> >>the 3rd edition). We think making these available under the MIT license
>> >>is something that's going to be a significant benefit for all projects
>> >>using Plan 9 code. While this doesn't automatically change the license
>> >>on any downstream projects, and you're welcome to keep using the LPL if
>> >>you like, you now have the option of switching to MIT, which we think
>> >>most everyone will find preferable.
>> >>
>> >>Obviously, for folks in the Plan 9 community, there isn't a way to say
>> >>"thank you" to Bell Labs, and its various parent organizations, that's
>> >>really adequate. None of us would be talking about any of this if it
>> >>weren't for the work done there for decades. All of us here at the Plan
>> >>9 Foundation express our sincerest thanks to the team at Nokia who made
>> >>this possible, the Plan 9 alumni who supported the effort, and the Plan
>> >>9 community who have kept kernels booting and the userland useful.
>> >>
>> >>The historical releases are available right now at:
>> >>        https://p9f.org/dl/
>> >>
>> >>You can read Nokia's press release on the transfer here:
>> >>  https://www.bell-labs.com/institute/blog/plan-9-bell-labs-cyberspace/
>> >>
>> >>Thank you for your time,
>> >>Anthony Sorace
>> >>Plan 9 Foundation
>> >>
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> Marshall Conover
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