Re: [Groff] Re: Re: Liberal license for ancient UNIX sources

[Meg McRoberts]

Yes, Dion left SCO/Caldera/SCO a few months ago but I think it's a pretty
safe bet that they are happy to let us have this source to use as we see
fit.  I still have some friends on the inside so let me contact them to
verify -- do you actually need anything that you don't already have?

Meg

--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey <address@hidden> wrote:
> Here we go again.
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Greg 'groggy' Lehey <address@hidden> -----
> 
> > Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:53:16 +1030
> > From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <address@hidden>
> > To: Larry McVoy <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: Liberal license for ancient UNIX sources
> >
> > On Sunday,  1 December 2002 at 18:10:32 -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:
> >>> Earlier this year it was changed to be a BSD-style license, so it's
> >>> definitely OK.
> >>
> >> On top of that, Dennis pretty much gave me permission to take over the
> >> maintainence of these docs.  He was a little cagey about it because of
> >> all the legalities involved but I was left with the impression that if
> >> the crap ever hit the fan he'd at least stand up and say that these it
> >> was a good thing that the docs were living and that he knew I was doing
> >> it.  While I'm not willing to do this as a BitMover thing, I am willing
> >> to take on the risk personally.  I know some of the Caldera people and
> >> I think they are quite reasonable folks so I am not that worried.
> >
> > Well, Dennis doesn't own the license, of course, but as I said, it's
> > now out in the open.  I'm attaching the message that Dion Johnson sent
> > out in January.  Unfortunately, he has left Caldera/SCO now, and
> > there's nothing on their web site (well, I didn't find anything last
> > time I went looking) to confirm this, but given the people he sent it
> > to, I think it's pretty clear that we don't have to worry too much.
> > As Ruslan observed, most of the docco from 4.4BSD is now in the
> > FreeBSD source tree.  I don't think anybody's done anything about
> > getting it up to date, though.
> >
> > Greg
> > --
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> > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:03:37 -0800
> > From: Dion Johnson <address@hidden>
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
> >     John Terpstra <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden,
> >     address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> > Subject: Liberal license for ancient UNIX sources
> >
> > Dear Warren, and friends,
> >
> > I'm happy to let you know that Caldera International has placed
> > the ancient UNIX releases (V1-7 and 32V) under a "BSD-style" license.
> > I've attached a PDF of the license letter hereto.  Feel free to
> > propogate it as you see fit.
> >
> > I apologize that this has taken so long.  We do not have a well
> > regulated archive of these ancient releases, so we must depend
> > upon you UNIX enthusiasts, historians, and original authors to
> > help the community of interested parties figure out exactly what
> > is available, where, and how.
> >
> > Many thanks to Warren Toomey, of PUPS, and to Caldera's Bill
> > Broderick, director of licensing services here.  Both of these
> > gentlemen were instrumental in making this happen.  And thanks
> > to our CEO, Ransom Love, whose vision for Caldera International
> > prescribes cooperation and mutual respect for the open source
> > communities.
> >
> > Of course, there are thousands of other people who should be
> > acknowledged.  I regret I do not have time or wisdom to make
> > a list of them all, but maybe someone does, or has.
> >
> > Anyway, here it is.  Feel free to write to us if you want to
> > understand more about how/why Caldera International has released
> > this code, or you have any other comments that we should hear.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Dion L. Johnson II - address@hidden
> > Product Manager and one of many open source enthusiasts in Caldera Intl.
> >
> > Paul Hatch - address@hidden
> > Public Relations Manager at Caldera International
> >
> >
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
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