Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Yes, it reminded me of that thread, but wkt was actually referring to > System III, not 32V.
I am also pretty certain that it was widely stated at the time that the UCB's license was the older Western Electric license, which is the same license which allowed Lyon's to publish his commentary, legally, including the kernel source code. While the university, proper, did obtain a more modern license, that license could not be retroactive to change the terms of the original license. The original licenses were very lenient in their terms, since, at the time, the 1956 consent decreee prohibited them from making money from software sales, as part of their being a regulated monopoly at the time. It was only later, after the breakup, that they were permitted to profit from sales of their software. And that's when license fees went up. -- Terry _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
