On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 02:08:08PM +0200, Dennis Grevenstein wrote:
> >
> > So my questioin is this: Is it illegal to make a copy of an Ultrix 4.4 cd?
> > If not, how would I go about it (as it's UFS not ISO9660)? If so, how much
> > to get a licenced version?
> 
> It is not really illegal to copy the installation media as
> having the media does not include the right to use it.
> You have to enter a license PAK. Ultrix does run without one
> though.
> I don't think that you can buy an Ultrix license officially
> anymore. It's also very unlikely that anybody at Comp^^^HP
> would care if you run Ultrix without a license. However that
> you be illegal of course.

Ultrix-32M is under the ancient UNIX license, and is available from PUPS.  how
long does it have to be?  Ultrix 4 is pretty friggin' old at this point, is
there a possability that it gets to be ancient at some time?  also, Ultrix was
abandoned by digital years ago, sortly after the release of the alpha, and the
move (renaming?) to OSF/1

just some thoughts, i wonder how we would check on the legal issues of Ultrix?

-brian
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