On Thursday, 19 June 2003 at 1:29:37 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> 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. > > Yes. I always spell his name wrong. > >> He got into a lot of trouble for that, and I doubt he would have >> got away with it in the USA. > > Really? Can you point to the signed non-disclosure agreement > that he violated in order to publish his commentary? The U.S. > was not nearly as anal about this stuff until the 1980's.
Things have got worse, yes. But certainly there was enough trouble in the 70s. >>> 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? > > UCB. But John was at UNSW. > You're in the area, aren't you? For some definition of area. UNSW is about 1400 km away. But I'll be in the area in about 6 weeks time. > Why don't you ask to see the original license agreement that Lions > was under at the time of his commentary's publication. I think I'll ask Greg Rose. He might have some interesting insights. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers
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