Subject: Re: [not VAX related] PDP-11 UNIX Src Licenses Available (fwd)
To: Arno Griffioen <arno@usn.nl>
From: James Willing <jimw@agora.rdrop.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/13/1998 07:47:11
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Arno Griffioen wrote:
< snippage >
> > Doh!
> >
> > And I was hoping to get the 4.4BSD tapes. Shucks.
> >
> > Well, it was a nice thought -- then I read the post again.
>
> I'm under the assumption that '32V' as mentioned in the license
> is/was VAX based and having this particular license is all that's required to
> get a BSD license which will then allow you to get 'real' BSD..
>
> I could be way off the mark here.. Any people who have experience with
> this stuff here?
>
> All I need is an OS for my PDP's and now I can get it :-)
Word I have from the people coordinating the licensing, is that having the
source license for 32V does indeed fufill the requirement needed to obtain
the BSD 4.x releases. That was a specific reason that 32V was included in
the deal.
-jim
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