Subject: Re: replacement for bc(1), dc(1), diff(1), and diff(3)
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/26/2005 21:37:29
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On Friday 25 March 2005 12:05, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> I do not know the heritage of the OpenBSD versions, but Anders =A0
> Magnussen was looking at the now-freed-up old AT&T versions.

And Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com> wrote:
>How free are "the now-freed-up old AT&T versions"? They are, as far as I k=
now,
>still under license from Caldera/SCO, which could be withdrawn by them,=20
>especially if their big lawsuit goes south. And it only covers V5 to V7?

I've looked more at the OpenBSD version and most of it is a rewrite and doe=
s not the=20
Caldera copyright.  There are a few exceptions.  These include the math lib=
rary code=20
and the manual pages.  So the code does not have this cloud hanging over it.

=2D --Phil

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