Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxqq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxqq!pat From: pat@pyuxqq.UUCP (Pat M. Iurilli) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc Subject: Re: UNIX utilities under PC-DOS ( AT&T Licensing ???? ) Message-ID: <678@pyuxqq.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 10:12:26 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxqq.678 Posted: Fri Dec 14 10:12:26 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 04:20:53 EST References: <542@wjh12.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.micro:8934 net.micro.pc:3021 In response to Brent Byer: This company that I mentioned contracted out with another firm to implement these tools for them. You will notice the striking resemblence to the Software Tools User Group distribution, which is also based on Version 6. There is no licensing conflict if some company writes a tool that has the same user interface as another. Maybe the choice of 'rewritten' ws not clear, but I did not by any means want to insinuate that these tools were rewrites of the ATT source code. That indeed would be infringement. As far as the usefulness of these tools, I know that several people in my company have written some tools under PC-DOS simultaneously. I was just trying to avoid potential wasted effort. It might be advantagous to spend $200 for working utilities than to spend more in development time to do it. I know from my own experience after using the primitive PC-DOS system, that any help would be welcome. Just wanted to set the record straight. Pat Iurilli Bell Communications Research Piscataway, MJ {allegra, harpo, ihnp4}!pyuxqq!pat