Brian Hechinger wrote:
>
> 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,

You can classify Ultrix as abandonware, but that does not make it legal(tm)

> and the
> move (renaming?) to OSF/1

OSF1 is more than a renamed Ultrix. It's a different kernel.
 
> just some thoughts, i wonder how we would check on the legal issues of Ultrix?

You would have to pay the lawyers who check that yourself. I guess
that's why we don't have an Ultrix Hobbyist license. It's simply
not worth paying money for such things. Honestly, most people
don't really care whether the operating for their 10+ year old
computer(s) is licensed or not.

Dennis

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