Re: [9fans] 2nd Edition

2008-08-19 Thread erik quanstrom
On Mon Aug 18 17:18:07 EDT 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I'm trying to track down a copy of the Nextstation kernel sources, but not 
 having much luck.
 Geoff Collyer informed me that Steve Jobs has personally said no to 
 distribution of the sources
 except under the 2nd Edition license, and that therefore, my only option 
 would be to acquire a
 used CD/manual set.  Are there many 2nd Edition licensees still on this list? 
  I really didn't want
 to have to post this, but since Bell Labs isn't selling these anymore, would 
 anyone be willing to help me out?
 
 Many thanks in advance!

this setup reminds me of the story about the priest who, playing golf
against the orders of his superiors on sunday morning, hits a hole in one.

supposing you're successful in getting a licence and you do great things
with the next port.  who are you going to tell?

- erik



Re: [9fans] 2nd Edition

2008-08-19 Thread Benjamin Huntsman
this setup reminds me of the story about the priest who, playing golf
against the orders of his superiors on sunday morning, hits a hole in one.

ouch.

supposing you're successful in getting a licence and you do great things
with the next port.  who are you going to tell?

- erik

Does the license prevent updating the port as well??




Re: [9fans] 2nd Edition

2008-08-19 Thread erik quanstrom
supposing you're successful in getting a licence and you do great things
with the next port.  who are you going to tell?

- erik
 
 Does the license prevent updating the port as well??

didn't you already determine that the next port is unobtainable
without a 2d edition license?  doesn't that imply that your
modifications would not be useful without a 2d edition licence?

i don't mean to be a wet rag, but i think you could accomplish
a lot more with less work with some cheep embedded computers.
there are a number of arm/mips machines for under $100 that are
10x as fast as the next.  the ti beagle board seems pretty interesting.

- erik