On Wednesday, 18 June 2003 at 2:38:34 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > 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.
I suppose you mean John Lions. He got into a lot of trouble for that, and I doubt he would have got away with it in the USA. > While the university, proper, did obtain a more modern license, that > license could not be retroactive to change the terms of the original > license. Which university are you talking about? UCB or UNSW? > 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. There's a difference between fees and conditions. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers
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