Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site wjh12.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!wjh12!bb From: bb@wjh12.UUCP (byer) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc Subject: Re: UNIX utilities under PC-DOS ( AT&T Licensing ???? ) Message-ID: <542@wjh12.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:42:51 EST Article-I.D.: wjh12.542 Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:42:51 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 01:40:32 EST References: <674@pyuxqq.UUCP> Organization: Psychology & Social Relations Dept., Harvard Univ. Lines: 36 Xref: watmath net.micro:8883 net.micro.pc:2981 Pat Iurilli (pat@pyuxqq) wants us all to know that: > A company in Boston sells a software package called the 'pc toolbox', > which includes 53 UNIX utilities that were rewritten to run under pc-dos. > It costs $200.00. [ Company name is Arts Computer Products] > These include: (a short description has been included for the novice) (... here was a list of many of the V6 utilities) >>> ONE MAJOR QUESTION <<< ==> Is there a statute of limitations on AT&T licenses? My reasons for asking: I have had some contact with this company and I know that they have a Version 6 Unix source license. Notice the word `rewritten' in the second line of the original submission. Upon referring to the original article, you will note that NO post-V6 software derivatives are included in the list. (i.e., no make, awk, etc. [ who wrote `etc' anyway?]) My past experience with this company leads me to doubt their ethics. The CONCLUSION ... is left as an exercise for the reader. Respectfully, ( respect for original authorship ) Brent Byer (decvax!genrad!wjh12!bb)