From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: djenner@earthlink.net (David C. Jenner) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:08:40 -0800 Subject: [TUHS] So now that the source is finally out... References: <20020125111637.F5968@apple.ukc.ac.uk> <20020125.085228.119666403.imp@village.org> Message-ID: <3C51C958.E1FEAF09@earthlink.net> This Venix has been available from Barry Kort and ftp.update.uu.se/professional for many years. It is "Pro/Venix" versions 1 and 2. Pro/Venix came directly from VentureCom, the vendor who ported it. More desirable is "Venix/Pro" especially version 2. Venix/Pro came from DEC, who got it from VentureCom and spiffed it up a bit for the Pro. Anyone who has or comes across floppies for Venix/Pro from DEC should really archive them (and please let me know! I have a set of floppies with one or two bad disks). Whether this is "legal" or not is up to some question. VentureCom put Pro/Venix out in the public domain, but the only "proof" of this is its widely available existence and a verbal statement from the person who first got it. At some point in the past, I think Bob Supnik thought it was reasonable that DEC would put its interests in the product in the Ancient Unix license, but he no longer works for DEC. There is also some question whether this Venix was ported from System III, which would eliminate it from the Ancient Unix license and the new form of it. Dave "M. Warner Losh" wrote: > > In message: > Ephrem Hugh Bensusan writes: > : It seems that there is a distribution of Venix hanging about, but I > : believe it is for the DEC PRO 350 or 380. So I don't know how useful > : it might be in this context. > : > : In any case, one can find it at: > : http://www.os2site.com/sw/dec/pro/venix/ > > I think this is binary only... Maybe it would make a good addition to > the TUHS archive, however... > > Warner > > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs -- David C. Jenner djenner at earthlink.net