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

["Rodrigo G. López" <rgl@antares-labs.eu>]

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
>
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>-------- 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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