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events:free_licenses [2016/01/04 13:34] – [The Announcement] wktevents:free_licenses [2022/08/15 02:38] – old revision restored (2016/01/04 13:37) 149.57.16.137
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 So, finally, source licenses for early Unix were available, although they were not free. This would never have been possible without such a steadfast and stalwart advocate as Dion Johnson. At the [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#19980318161915.51127@sco.com|end of March]], Dion wrote: "The legal people are a little grumpy at me, but they also know my heart is pure and they sorta respect that. ... I am very proud of doing this and grateful for your help and the help of the other PUPS and other participants in the Unix heritage. ... I am known as a bit of a maverick, and customer advocate, so it's expected.  Every company needs a few people like me". I could not agree more! So, finally, source licenses for early Unix were available, although they were not free. This would never have been possible without such a steadfast and stalwart advocate as Dion Johnson. At the [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#19980318161915.51127@sco.com|end of March]], Dion wrote: "The legal people are a little grumpy at me, but they also know my heart is pure and they sorta respect that. ... I am very proud of doing this and grateful for your help and the help of the other PUPS and other participants in the Unix heritage. ... I am known as a bit of a maverick, and customer advocate, so it's expected.  Every company needs a few people like me". I could not agree more!
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 +===== Processing the New Unix Source Licenses =====
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 +After that, it was a bit anticlimactic. People would purchase a Unix source license through SCO's website, Dion would e-mail me their name, I would provide access to the Unix Archive, and periodically Dion would [[http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Emails/dionj_wkt.html#19980407105028.33236@sco.com|snail-mail me photocopies]] of their signed licenses.
  
 //(incomplete, more to come!)// //(incomplete, more to come!)//
  
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