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

[Marshall Conover <marzhall.o@gmail.com>]

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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Have a good day,

Marshall Conover