From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29513 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2021 20:48:32 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Jun 2021 20:48:32 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 59CCF9C73E; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:48:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6619C24A; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:48:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2AA7D9C24A; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:47:58 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 948 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:47:57 AEST Received: from mail.kaybuena.com (rrcs-71-42-153-194.sw.biz.rr.com [71.42.153.194]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 817B89C249 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:47:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from [192.168.147.6] (4dot2 [71.42.153.195]) by mail.kaybuena.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 15CKW6LL1608042 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2021 15:32:06 -0500 To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <0F0B9BFC06289346B88512B91E55670D3017@EXCHANGE> From: Charles H Sauer Message-ID: <06f8dd8c-ddac-0ee1-3f6a-375e91891152@technologists.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 15:32:06 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0F0B9BFC06289346B88512B91E55670D3017@EXCHANGE> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Help Contacting Unix Legal People X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" 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 > > 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 > -- voice: +1.512.784.7526 e-mail: sauer@technologists.com fax: +1.512.346.5240 Web: https://technologists.com/sauer/ Facebook/Google/Skype/Twitter: CharlesHSauer