Re: [TUHS] Help Contacting Unix Legal People

[Charles H Sauer <sauer@technologists.com>]

IF Micro Focus really has abandoned System V, including SVR4 source, and 
that could be documented, then it might be plausible to get Dell SVR4 
publicly visible. Charlie

On 6/12/2021 1:58 PM, Jason Stevens wrote:
> I tried sending a letter a while back asking how much is a commercial SYSV
> license anyways, never got a reply. I called their legal and they didn't
> know what a Unix was.
> 
> 
> I guess shockingly all the public facing micro focus is all on cobol
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Toomey
> To: tuhs@tuhs.org
> Sent: 6/10/21 8:32 AM
> Subject: [TUHS] Help Contacting Unix Legal People
> 
> All, we need help contacting some people so that Dan Doernberg can make
> progress on a new Unix book that he's working on. I've attached his
> request to the TUHS list below. If you can help out in any way, please
> contact Dan directly.
> 
> Cheers, Warren
> 
>     From: Peer-to-Peer Communications LLC <dan@peerllc.com>
> 
>     Hello all, I’m the publisher of Lions' Commentary on UNIX (still
>     going strong after 25 years!) and I have an “Ancient UNIX” book
> project
>     in mind that I need some community help with.
> 
>     To avoid running into any “who has copyright rights to UNIX” legal
>     problems, we’re trying to reach out in advance to any
>     companies/organizations that may have such rights (Micro Focus,
> Xinuos,
>     Nokia, are there others?) in advance. To that end, I’m trying to find
>     staffers there who are:
>        1. sympathetic to sharing information about “ancient UNIX” with
> the
>     operating system/UNIX communities
>        2. somewhat familiar with the past legal issues and controversies
>     over UNIX ownership (perhaps someone in the legal department)
> 
>     If you know any such person(s) at Micro Focus, Xinuos, Nokia, and/or
>     other relevant organizations that has either quality (or ideally a
>     unicorn with both!), please pass on their name and email address to
> me
>     (even better, add any context about why they might be helpful to me,
> if
>     it’s OK to say that you referred me to them, etc.].
> 
>     Thanks much, all referrals greatly appreciated!
>     Dan Doernberg
>     dan@peerllc.com
> 

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