The UNSW Library Appears to have a copy in their storage, accessible by special request. It has a copyright date of “c1977” so it’s not the later “properly” published edition. https://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=UNSWS&docid=UNSW_ALMA21116225050001731&query=any,contains,John%20lions&_ga=2.60871272.51366765.1604303632-102727300.1604303632 d > On 2 Nov 2020, at 18:44, Andrew Hume wrote: > > i was a TA for the course which used this as a textbook. > my memory is little faded on this (it was on the other side of my stroke), > but i believe they were perfect bound (cloth strip and glue) and had > two different colors for the covers (i want to say orange and red). > they might have been just stapled but they were thick enough that staples > might have been insufficient. > > i certainly remember john printing them off on the DEC printer. > > as for the permissions, i can’t recall anything at the time (this was about 45 years ago), > but do remember the fuss at the Labs when Bell Labs started printing their own > high security copies just a couple of years later. > > andrew hume > >> On Nov 1, 2020, at 9:07 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> >> Warner Losh and I have been discussing the early history of John >> Lions' "A commentary on the Sixth Edition UNIX Operating System". >> I've been hosting Warren Toomey's version (with some correction of >> scan errors) at http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/ for >> some years now, and my understanding had been that the book hadn't >> been published, just photocopied, until Warren posted it on >> alt.folklore.computers in 1994. But now it seems that the "book" had >> been published by UNSW when Lions held the course, and only later was >> the license revoked. Does anybody have any insights? What >> restrictions were there on its distribution? What was the format? >> Was it a real book, or just bound notes? >> >> Greg >> -- >> Sent from my desktop computer. >> Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. >> See complete headers for address and phone numbers. >> This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program >> reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA >