On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Bernd Kreimeier wrote:

> Nelson Minar writes:

>  > The big news is it has native threads. You can't download the binaries
>  > yet, but they said they'll make them available soon under a
>  > non-commercial use license. 
> 
> I exchanged e-mail with Vania Joloboff @ OpenGroup. The release
> is delayed for a month, priorities. They do not even have the
> time to change the web pages right now, which announce the
> release for July. Sigh. I also asked about releasing sources
> diffs, as Steve Byrne does, have yet to get an answer.


What I don't really get is how they can put limitations on the release --
for non-commercial use only. Since they don't own the source code or the
product, how could they have a let to stand on? (A port is a derivative
work, and is technically owned by the original copyright holder, Sun.)

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