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From: wes.parish@paradise.net.nz (Wesley Parish)
Subject: [TUHS] Sys III - Yet Again
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:46:20 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200401262246.20993.wes.parish@paradise.net.nz> (raw)

I just thought of a reason _why_ Caldera was unable to clarify the status of 
System III - if you look at the documents on Groklaw.net, 
http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=legal-docs

one of them's a document between Novell and SCO Original, where the System V 
releases are enumerated.  Another is a similar document which mentions the 
Ancient Unix and their manuals as being part of the deal.

Neither document that I can recall, mentions anything about System III - and 
apparently Warren Toomey had to supply them with that, so it would appear 
that System III is - quite literally - unclaimed by anyone, apart from its 
copyright notices, and thus - since neither The SCO Group nor Novell has laid 
claim to it in their copyright battle - it could well be considered Public 
Domain.

Just a thought, and don't take my word for it.
-- 
Wesley Parish
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Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata."
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             reply	other threads:[~2004-01-26  9:46 UTC|newest]

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2004-01-26  9:46 Wesley Parish [this message]
2004-01-26 14:54 ` Pat Villani

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