"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wrote: > 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: http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/licenses.html for some links to a license from that era and some commentary on the Lions case by Dennis Ritchie. I think it clears up a few things... -Ed _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
