* Re: [TUHS] SunOS code?
@ 2018-09-04 17:58 Noel Chiappa
2018-09-04 20:33 ` [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits Warren Toomey
2018-09-06 0:39 ` [TUHS] SunOS code? Dave Horsfall
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Noel Chiappa @ 2018-09-04 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: tuhs; +Cc: jnc
> From: Henry Bent
> just because you can find source (or binaries, or CD images, etc.) on
> the internet, that doesn't make it the least bit legal. ... The concept
> of "abandonware" has no legal footing whatsoever.
True; but if all the copies of a particular item are discarded, one can make
all the lawyers on the planet as happy as clams, and it won't do a bit of
good. Save the bits, _then_ work out the legal issues, is my thinking on
priorities.
Noel
(PS: 'Internet' is spelled with a capital; there are many internets, but only
one Internet, just as there are many white houses, but only one White House. If
the technical community, which _does_ understand the difference, can't get it's
act together, how can we expect the media, etc, to do the right thing?)
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* [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits
2018-09-04 17:58 [TUHS] SunOS code? Noel Chiappa
@ 2018-09-04 20:33 ` Warren Toomey
2018-09-04 20:39 ` Clem Cole
` (2 more replies)
2018-09-06 0:39 ` [TUHS] SunOS code? Dave Horsfall
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From: Warren Toomey @ 2018-09-04 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: tuhs
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:58:04PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> True; but if all the copies of a particular item are discarded, one can make
> all the lawyers on the planet as happy as clams, and it won't do a bit of
> good. Save the bits, _then_ work out the legal issues, is my thinking on
> priorities.
I'll also follow up on Henry and Noel's e-mail w.r.t the Unix Archive that
TUHS provides. The only files in the public archive are ones where the legal
issues have been resolved. I also keep a hidden archive of files where the
legal issues have not been resolved.
As always, if you would like me to keep an off-site backup of your Unix
bits, the hidden Unix archive is write-only. Save the bits, and also
be mindful of the legal issues.
Cheers, Warren
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* Re: [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits
2018-09-04 20:33 ` [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits Warren Toomey
@ 2018-09-04 20:39 ` Clem Cole
2018-09-04 20:53 ` William Pechter
2018-09-06 0:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Clem Cole @ 2018-09-04 20:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Warren Toomey; +Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
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On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 4:34 PM Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:58:04PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > True; but if all the copies of a particular item are discarded, one can
> make
> > all the lawyers on the planet as happy as clams, and it won't do a bit of
> > good. Save the bits, _then_ work out the legal issues, is my thinking on
> > priorities.
>
Amen!!!
>
> Save the bits, and also
> be mindful of the legal issues.
>
Exactly -- we do need to be respectful of the legal issues. That is
reality; but as Noel suggest and Warren has demonstrated -- a museum has to
have the object in its posession, before you can argue who owns it ;-)
Clem
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* Re: [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits
2018-09-04 20:33 ` [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits Warren Toomey
2018-09-04 20:39 ` Clem Cole
@ 2018-09-04 20:53 ` William Pechter
2018-09-06 0:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: William Pechter @ 2018-09-04 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Warren Toomey; +Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
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One thing I'd like to see saved for the historical value is Pyramid OS/x.
It was one of those things I'd have liked to see the internals of -- but I
wasn't supposed to have that level accesss in Ed Services.
It is an interesting mix of both the SysV and BSD environments and it's a
shame it's probably completely gone now.
I think the last work on it may have been at Siemens, since I think the
last bit of Pyramid that was left was rumored to
go to SVR4 (I was there for the DC/OSx transition -- I worked on the
courseware fixes and beta testing).
I heard from a friend that they may have gone to Solaris before the end
hit. I think they were swallowed by Fujitsu.
Amazingly, I heard some of my SVR4 courseware stuff ended up in
illustrations used in Solaris courseware. My name was in the illustration
of the password file. A trainer hired at least 5 years after me went to
Sun and I hear some of my stuff went along for the ride.
I long wished they had done the full Linux dual universe thing on a *BSD
varient.
I'd be running FreeBSD on my desktop if I could just watch Netflix with
it. Linux, Windows and MacOS have enough pull for Google to port their
Widevine
Bill
--
d|i|g|i|t|a|l had it THEN. Don't you wish you could still buy it now!
pechter-at-gmail.com
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 4:34 PM Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:58:04PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > True; but if all the copies of a particular item are discarded, one can
> make
> > all the lawyers on the planet as happy as clams, and it won't do a bit of
> > good. Save the bits, _then_ work out the legal issues, is my thinking on
> > priorities.
>
> I'll also follow up on Henry and Noel's e-mail w.r.t the Unix Archive that
> TUHS provides. The only files in the public archive are ones where the
> legal
> issues have been resolved. I also keep a hidden archive of files where the
> legal issues have not been resolved.
>
> As always, if you would like me to keep an off-site backup of your Unix
> bits, the hidden Unix archive is write-only. Save the bits, and also
> be mindful of the legal issues.
>
> Cheers, Warren
>
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* Re: [TUHS] SunOS code?
2018-09-04 17:58 [TUHS] SunOS code? Noel Chiappa
2018-09-04 20:33 ` [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits Warren Toomey
@ 2018-09-06 0:39 ` Dave Horsfall
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dave Horsfall @ 2018-09-06 0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> (PS: 'Internet' is spelled with a capital; there are many internets, but
> only one Internet, just as there are many white houses, but only one
> White House. If the technical community, which _does_ understand the
> difference, can't get it's act together, how can we expect the media,
> etc, to do the right thing?)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
At every technical lecture I do, I insist upon Internet, but the younger
generation these days think that they invented it because of Google
browsing etc.
-- Dave, in a grouchy mood having having three teeth pulled out
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* Re: [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits
2018-09-04 20:33 ` [TUHS] Saving the Unix Bits Warren Toomey
2018-09-04 20:39 ` Clem Cole
2018-09-04 20:53 ` William Pechter
@ 2018-09-06 0:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dave Horsfall @ 2018-09-06 0:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
On Wed, 5 Sep 2018, Warren Toomey wrote:
> As always, if you would like me to keep an off-site backup of your Unix
> bits, the hidden Unix archive is write-only. Save the bits, and also be
> mindful of the legal issues.
It is really important that Unix history is preserved, lest the
revisionists (they start with an "L") take over.
Disclaimer: I have a hidden archive of some of the "naughty" bits.
-- Dave
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