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events:free_licenses [2016/01/04 14:11] – [Postscript: Uncertainty] wkt | events:free_licenses [2016/01/04 14:33] – [The Announcement] wkt |
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The minutiae of the dialogue on the license terms (before the first draft) between myself and SCO can be found in these e-mails: | The minutiae of the dialogue on the license terms (before the first draft) between myself and SCO can be found in these e-mails: |
* Unordered List Item [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#9708271056.aa18110@tahoe.pdev.sco.com|installation and binary only for non licensees, who does the distribution of code?]] | * [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#9708271056.aa18110@tahoe.pdev.sco.com|installation and binary only for non licensees, who does the distribution of code?]] |
* [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#199708272353.JAA00997@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au|quibbles on wording, authentication license holders]] | * [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#199708272353.JAA00997@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au|quibbles on wording, authentication license holders]] |
* [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#199708310504.WAA01033@moe.2bsd.com|what systems would be licensed?]] and[[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#199708310412.OAA04965@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au|followup]] | * [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#199708310504.WAA01033@moe.2bsd.com|what systems would be licensed?]] and[[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#199708310412.OAA04965@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au|followup]] |
> This license permits hobbyists and enthusiasts to have access to the source code of these historic versions of UNIX, for personal and noncommercial use, and to share experiences and code updates with other licensees. | > This license permits hobbyists and enthusiasts to have access to the source code of these historic versions of UNIX, for personal and noncommercial use, and to share experiences and code updates with other licensees. |
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> The license text may be found online at www.sco.com/offers, and the PUPS website. A $100 fee is charged to offset cost of legal and administrative handling of the license. | > The license text may be found online at [[https://web.archive.org/web/19990428094858/http://www.sco.com/offers/ancient_unix.html|www.sco.com/offers]], and the PUPS website. A $100 fee is charged to offset cost of legal and administrative handling of the license. |
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Dion felt that, even though this hadn't been officially blessed by legal, it was time to make it happen: "I suspect the legal/finance folks will holler foul when this hits them but hell that's their job. ;-)" (//ibid.//). By the 20th of March, SCO already had "about a dozen licenses here, all paid up and signed off." ([[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#19980320140932.37135@sco.com|e-mail from Dion]]). | Dion felt that, even though this hadn't been officially blessed by legal, it was time to make it happen: "I suspect the legal/finance folks will holler foul when this hits them but hell that's their job. ;-)" (//ibid.//). By the 20th of March, SCO already had "about a dozen licenses here, all paid up and signed off." ([[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#19980320140932.37135@sco.com|e-mail from Dion]]). |