[CLUE-Talk] Re: Liberal license for ancient UNIX sources (fwd)

[Randy Arabie]

Some news for the OpenSource community, especially those 
who have an interest in UNIX roots.

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Cheers!

Randy

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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:56:51 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog at lemis.com>
To: announce at OpenBSD.org
Subject: Re: Liberal license for ancient UNIX sources

----- Forwarded message from Dion Johnson <dionj at caldera.com> -----

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> From: Dion Johnson <dionj at caldera.com>
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> 	John Terpstra <jht at caldera.com>, drew at caldera.com, maddog at li.org,
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> 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 - dionj at caldera.com
> Product Manager and one of many open source enthusiasts in Caldera Intl.
>
> Paul Hatch - phatch at caldera.com
> Public Relations Manager at Caldera International
>
>



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